• 唤醒
• 更多关于使用语言人数的信息

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

更多关于活力的信息

"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.'"

使用者态度

Important part of identity for some

相关机构的支持

Immersion school

语言环境评论

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

地点

United Kingdom

地点描述

Isle of Man

• 唤醒
• 更多关于使用语言人数的信息

  "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."

使用者态度

Strong sense of ethnic identity

相关机构的支持

Taught in primary schools since 2001. Taught as second language in secondary schools

该群体使用的其他语言

• English

手写稿、文字系统和正字法

Latin

地点

United Kingdom

地点描述

Isle of Man