Manx
PrintA language of Isle of Man
ISO 639-3
Alternate Names
Gaelg, Gailck, Manx Gaelic
Population
No known L1 speakers.
Language Status
8b (Nearly extinct).
Classification
Dialects
Similar to Scottish Gaelic [gla].
Typology
VSO
Language Use
Supplanted by Manx vernacular English, which in turn is supplanted by other varieties of English [eng]. No remaining speakers as of 1974. L2 for several hundred who mainly learned it as adults. Some public functions. I.
Language Development
Efforts to revive it. Children learn it in play-groups. Taught in primary schools since 2001. New media. Grammar. Bible: 1773.
Language Resources
Writing
Latin script.