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Origins of the Manx Language
Manx is a member of the Goidelic Celtic branch of the Indo-European family of languages and is closely related to Irish and Gaelic. Cornish, Welsh and Breton are also descended from the same original Celtic language but are part of the Brythonic Celtic branch.

The Gaelic regions of Ireland, Man, and Scotland shared a common literary norm until the 17th century. The earliest writing is found in ogham inscriptions (A.D. 300-500), a form of writing in which the letters are represented by groups of strokes and notches marked along the edge of stone monuments.

By about 1200 what is known as the Early Modern Irish period had begun and a new literary norm (called Classical Modern Irish) had established itself. This standard was maintained throughout Ireland, Man, and Gaelic Scotland from the 13th to the 17th century.

In the 17th century, with the centralisation of political power in London, the old Gaelic world was fragmented and its shared institutions destroyed. One consequence was the emergence of separate literary forms of Irish, Scottish Gaelic, and Manx, each reflecting local usage. In the case of Manx, continuity with the earlier literary conventions was completely lost.

How many people speak the Manx language?
The last native speaker died in 1974 and Manx was the first Indo-European language to disappear during the 20th century. However, since then there has been a vigorous attempt to restore the language and now there are well over 1000 people who have a degree of fluency in speaking Manx.

Manx-speaking Countries
Manx is a form of Gaelic spoken effectively only on the Isle of Man.

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Manx Attractions

Castle Rushen, a superbly preserved medieval limestone fortress with Viking origins, which even today is used as a court house.

Cregneash Village Folk Museum is an original 19th-century crofting village, where the restored thatched cottages are a living example of traditional island skills such as spinning, weaving, and farming with a horse and plough.

There are archaeological sites, prehistoric burial chambers, Celtic-Viking stone crosses, and the churches of Maughold and Kirk Michael.

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