ISO 639-3 · glvglv
Indo-European family
Manx
Gaelg
Manx is a language of the Goidelic branch (Indo-European), spoken in Isle of Man. Wikidata counts about 284 speakers (2011). Wikidata describes it as “Celtic language spoken on the Isle of Man”.
At a glance
- ISO 639-3
glv- ISO 639-1
gv- Glottocode
manx1243- Family
- Indo-European
- EGIDS
- 9 Reawakening
- UNESCO
- Critically endangered
- Centre point
- 54.20, -4.50
- Wikipedia
- 115 language editions
—first-language speakers
1,823second-language speakers
1countries
1scripts
4levels in the tree
9EGIDS level
Facts
| Name | Manx · Gaelg |
|---|---|
| Also called | Manx Gaelic, Manks language, Gaelg, Gaelic, Manks |
| L2 speakers | 1,823 (2011) |
| All speakers | 284 (1971) |
| Written in | Latin script |
| Grammatical genders | 2 listed in Wikidata |
Vitality
EGIDS 9 Reawakening9
Dormant or extinct. No fluent first-language speakers remain — EGIDS 9 and 10.
Other languages at this levelUNESCO: Critically endangered
Languages at this levelfamily tree
From Indo-European to Manx
The branches above Manx, top to bottom. Each node counts the languages of this index that belong to it.
where it is spoken
Map and countries
A distribution map from Wikimedia Commons, as linked from Wikidata; borders of language areas are approximate.
