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ALSO KNOWN AS		Manx Gaelic, Manks, Gaelg, Gailck
CLASSIFICATION		Indo-European, Celtic, Goidelic
CODE AUTHORITY		ISO 639-3
LANGUAGE CODE		glv
DOWNLOAD		As csv
MORE RESOURCES		OLAC search
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS		Manx is a "revived" language; it once had no surviving native speakers, but has been learned by many in more recent times.

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Information from: “Manx's Surprising Revival” . Harrison, K. David (2015) Huffington Post

Awakening
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"Manx was declared extinct after the 1974 passing of 'last speaker' Ned Maddrell ... but the language... has returned to daily use"

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"In the 1980s, activists who had learned Manx as adults launched a bold social experiment. They raised their children bilingually, speaking exclusively Manx to them in the home, and letting them speak English elsewhere. These children, now grown, are the 'new native speakers.'"

SPEAKER ATTITUDE

Important part of identity for some

INSTITUTIONAL SUPPORT

Immersion school

LANGUAGE CONTEXT COMMENTS

"Today, seventy Manx children, mostly from English-speaking homes, attend Bunscoill Ghaelgagh immersion school."

PLACES: United Kingdom

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: Isle of Man

Awakening
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"No known L1 speakers, but emerging L2 speakers. L2 users: Several hundred who mainly learned it as adults. Last L1 native speaker died in 1974."

SPEAKER ATTITUDE: Strong sense of ethnic identity
INSTITUTIONAL SUPPORT: Taught in primary schools since 2001. Taught as second language in secondary schools
OTHER LANGUAGES USED BY THE COMMUNITY
Scripts (Writing system): Latin

PLACES: United Kingdom

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: Isle of Man

Manx

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			18th		2015	Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 18th Edition				Lewis, M. Paul, Gary F. Simons, and Charles D. Fennig		SIL International			Dallas, Texas					http://www.ethnologue.com		Lewis, M. Paul, Gary F. Simons, and Charles D. Fennig (eds.). 2015. Ethnologue: Languages of the World, Eighteenth edition. Dallas, Texas: SIL International. Online version: http://www.ethnologue.com.								Awakening	"No known L1 speakers, but emerging L2 speakers. L2 users: Several hundred who mainly learned it as adults. Last L1 native speaker died in 1974."			Several hundred		English			Strong sense of ethnic identity		Taught in primary schools since 2001. Taught as second language in secondary schools		Awakening ()								United Kingdom	Isle of Man	54.163387, -4.498093
					2015	Manx's Surprising Revival						Huffington Post	Huffington Post							http://www.huffingtonpost.com/k-david-harrison/manxs-surprising-revival_b_6725490.html	Harrison, K. David									Awakening	"Manx was declared extinct after the 1974 passing of 'last speaker' Ned Maddrell ... but the language... has returned to daily use"								Important part of identity for some	"Today, seventy Manx children, mostly from English-speaking homes, attend Bunscoill Ghaelgagh immersion school."	Immersion school		Awakening ()			"In the 1980s, activists who had learned Manx as adults launched a bold social experiment. They raised their children bilingually, speaking exclusively Manx to them in the home, and letting them speak English elsewhere. These children, now grown, are the 'new native speakers.'"					United Kingdom	Isle of Man

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