• Awakening
• MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS

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

MORE ON VITALITY

"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.'"

ATTITUDE DES LOCUTEURS

Important part of identity for some

SOUTIEN INSTITUTIONNEL

Immersion school

COMMENTAIRES SUR LE CONTEXTE DE LA LANGUE

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

PLACES

United Kingdom

LOCATION DESCRIPTION

Isle of Man

• Awakening
• MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS

  "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."

ATTITUDE DES LOCUTEURS

Strong sense of ethnic identity

SOUTIEN INSTITUTIONNEL

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

AUTRES LANGUES PARLÉES PAR LA COMMUNAUTÉ

• English

Caractères, systèmes d'écriture et orthographes

Latin

PLACES

United Kingdom

LOCATION DESCRIPTION

Isle of Man