Editing Isle of Man (section)

=== Language ===
{{Main|Languages of the Isle of Man}}
{{Infobox ethnonym
 |country=Isle of Man (''Mannin, Ellan Vannin'')
 |person=[[wikt:Manxie#English|Manxie]]; [[wikt:Manxman|Manxman]], [[wikt:Manxwoman|-woman]] (''Manninagh'')
 |people=[[Manx people|Manx]] (''Manninee'')
 |language=[[Manx language|Manx]] (''[[wikt:Manninish|Manninish]]; Gaelg, Gailck;{{indent|5}}Ghlare Vanninagh'')<br />[[British Sign Language|BSL]] (''Glare Chowree'')
}}
[[File:Douglas Isle of Man welcome sign.jpg|thumb|right|A bilingual sign in the Isle of Man featuring [[Manx language|Manx]] and English]]

The official languages of the Isle of Man are [[English language|English]] and [[Manx language|Manx]]. Manx has traditionally been spoken but has been stated to be "critically endangered".<ref name="ManxUNESCO">{{cite web |date=19 August 2009 |title=UNESCO accepts Manx language is not 'extinct' |website=gov.im |url=http://www.gov.im/lib/news/cso/unescoacceptsman.xml |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110511200853/http://www.gov.im/lib/news/cso/unescoacceptsman.xml |archive-date=11 May 2011 |access-date=20 August 2009 |publisher=Isle of Man Government}}</ref> However, it now has a growing number of young speakers. It is increasingly evident on the island: for instance, in public notices and its increasing use in the Tynwald ceremony.

Manx is a [[Goidelic languages|Goidelic]] Celtic language and is one of a number of [[insular Celtic languages]] spoken in the British Isles.<ref>{{cite web |last=Carpenter |first=Rachel N. |date=2011 |title=Mind Your P's and Q's: Revisiting the Insular Celtic hypothesis through working towards an original phonetic reconstruction of Insular Celtic |url=http://www.swarthmore.edu/SocSci/Linguistics/2011thesis/PDFs/CarpenterBMC.pdf |access-date=17 September 2011 |archive-date=14 October 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111014050617/http://www.swarthmore.edu/SocSci/Linguistics/2011thesis/PDFs/CarpenterBMC.pdf |url-status=live}}</ref> Manx has been officially recognised as a legitimate [[autochthonous language|autochthonous]] [[regional language]] under the [[European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages]], ratified by the United Kingdom on 27 March 2001 on behalf of the Isle of Man government.<ref>{{cite web |last=Kelly |first=Phil |title=Manx today by Phil Kelly |url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/voices/multilingual/manx.shtml |access-date=17 September 2011 |website=BBC News |archive-date=11 August 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110811163952/http://www.bbc.co.uk/voices/multilingual/manx.shtml |url-status=live}}</ref>

Manx is closely related to [[Irish language|Irish]] and [[Scottish Gaelic]] but is orthographically [[sui generis]].

On the island, the [[Manx language|Manx]] greetings ''{{lang|gv|moghrey mie}}'' (good morning) and ''{{lang|gv|fastyr mie}}'' (good afternoon) can often be heard.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Davies |first=Alan |title=An Introduction to Applied Linguistics |date=2007 |publisher=Edinburgh University Press |isbn=978-0-7486-3354-8 |edition=2nd The Manx}}</ref> As in Irish and Scottish Gaelic, the concepts of "evening" and "afternoon" are referred to with one word.<ref>{{cite web |title=Manx Culture |url=http://www.visitisleofman.com/culture/ |access-date=17 September 2011 |website=VisitIsleOfMan.com |archive-date=29 March 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120329103039/http://www.visitisleofman.com/culture/ |url-status=live}}</ref> Two other Manx expressions often heard are ''Gura mie eu'' ("Thank you"; familiar 2nd person singular form ''Gura mie ayd'') and ''{{lang|gv|traa dy liooar}}'', meaning "time enough", which represents a stereotypical view of the Manx attitude to life.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Arthur William |first=Moore |title=The Folk-Lore of the Isle of Man |date=1971 |publisher=Forgotten Books |isbn=1-60506-183-2 |edition=Reprint |page=274}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |date=8 January 2011 |title=Moscow Manx cheese |url=http://www.iomtoday.co.im/news/education/moscow_manx_cheese_1_2908142?showResult=true&pollContentId=7.52601 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120804201941/http://www.iomtoday.co.im/news/education/moscow_manx_cheese_1_2908142?showResult=true&pollContentId=7.52601 |archive-date=4 August 2012 |access-date=17 September 2011 |website=IOMToday}}</ref>

In the 2011 Isle of Man census, approximately 1,800 residents stated that they could read, write and speak the Manx language.<ref name="census-2011">{{cite web |title=Isle of Man Census Report 2011 |url=https://www.gov.im/media/207882/census2011reportfinalresized_1_.pdf |access-date=19 July 2019 |website=gov.im |publisher=Isle of Man Government |archive-date=6 June 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200606130246/https://www.gov.im/media/207882/census2011reportfinalresized_1_.pdf |url-status=live}}</ref>