Manx
Celtic language spoken on the Isle of Man
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Summary
Manx is a natural language[1]. Manx ranks in the top 7% of natural language entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (9,223 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Country: Isle of Man[3]
- Instance of: modern language[4]
- Subclass of: Goidelic[5]
- Writing system: Latin script[6]
- Commons category: Manx language[7]
- Wikimedia language code: gv[8]
- IPA transcription: ˈmeɪnks[9]
- Topic's main category: Category:Manx language[10]
- Language regulatory body: Coonceil ny Gaelgey[11]
- Number of speakers, writers, or signers: 1823[12], 12,350[13], 2382[14], 20[15], 284[16], 1527[17], 0[18]
- Described by source: Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[19], New Encyclopedic Dictionary[20], Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[21]
- Native label: Gaelg[22]
- UNESCO language status: 5 critically endangered[23]
- Indigenous to: Isle of Man[24]
- Exact match: http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/language/GLV[25]
- Ethnologue language status: 9 Reawakening[26]
- Linguistic typology: verb–subject–object[27], nominative–accusative language[28], stress-timed language[29], fusional language[30]
- Has grammatical gender: masculine[31], feminine[32]
- Maintained by WikiProject: Obelepédia[33]
- Terminal speaker: Ned Maddrell[34]
- Category for music in this language: Category:Manx-language music[35]
Why It Matters
Manx has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[36] Manx is known by 51 alternative names across languages and contexts.[37]