Manx
Gaelg
Manx was an Indo-European language once spoken in Isle of Man and United Kingdom.
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The last native speaker of Manx, Ned Maddrell, died in 1974. Recordings made of him helped revive the language, now taught from nursery school up.
Manx
(endonym: Gaelg, y Ghaelg or Gailck, y Ghailck, pronounced [ɡilʲkʲ, ə ˈɣilʲkʲ]),
also known as Manx Gaelic, is a Gaelic language of the insular Celtic branch of the Celtic language family, itself a branch of the Indo-European language family. Manx is the heritage language of the Manx people.
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Written down
Ta dy chooilley ghooinney ruggit seyr as corrym rish dy chooilley ghooinney elley ayns ooashley as ayns cairys. Ta resoon as cooinsheanse stowit orroo as lhisagh ad dellal rish y cheilley lesh spyrryd braaragh.
Article 1 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR in Unicode).
Words in Manx
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| mother | moir | |
| father | ayr | |
| man | fer | |
| woman | ben | |
| name | ennym | |
| friend | carrey | |
| eye | sooill | |
| ear | cleaysh | |
| nose | stroin | |
| tongue | çhengey | |
| heart | cree | |
| head | kione | |
| blood | fuill | |
| bone | craue | |
| skin | crackan | |
| knee | glioon | |
| breast | kee | |
| liver | aane | |
| water | ushtey | |
| fire | çhenney | |
| moon | eayst | |
| star | rolt | |
| rain | fliaghey | |
| snow | sniaghtey | |
| wind | geay | |
| stone | clagh | |
| mountain | slieau | |
| river | awin | |
| sea | mooir | |
| tree | billey |
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Vocabulary
- IrishIndo-European28% alike
- Old IrishIndo-European25% alike
- Scottish GaelicIndo-European23% alike
- EsperantoArtificial Language11% alike
- Uaçá Creole FrenchIndo-European10% alike
- Dhodia-KuknaIndo-European10% alike
Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
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