• Em revitalização
• MAIS INFORMAÇÕES SOBRE NÚMERO DE FALANTES

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

MAIS INFORMAÇÕES SOBRE A VITALIDADE

"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.'"

ATITUDE DO FALANTE

Important part of identity for some

SUPORTE INSTITUCIONAL

Immersion school

COMENTÁRIOS SOBRE O CONTEXTO DO IDIOMA

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

LUGARES

United Kingdom

DESCRIÇÃO DA LOCALIDADE

Isle of Man

• Em revitalização
• MAIS INFORMAÇÕES SOBRE NÚMERO DE FALANTES

  "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."

ATITUDE DO FALANTE

Strong sense of ethnic identity

SUPORTE INSTITUCIONAL

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

OUTROS IDIOMAS USADOS PELA COMUNIDADE

• English

Scripts, sistemas de escrita e ortografias

Latin

LUGARES

United Kingdom

DESCRIÇÃO DA LOCALIDADE

Isle of Man