Indo-European · ISO 639-3 glv · gv
Manx Language Gaelg
Manx is an Indo-European language spoken by about 1,823 people in 1 country. It is an official language of Isle of Man. It is written in the Latin script.
Where Manx is spoken
- Official language
- Regional official
- Spoken by 10%+
- 1–10%
- Smaller communities
Countries that speak Manx
Language family
- Indo-European
- Classical Indo-European
- Celtic
- Nuclear Celtic
- Core Celtic
- Insular Celtic
- Goidelic
- Modern Goidelic
- Eastern Goidelic
- Manx
Writing system
Latin script
Related languages
About the Manx language
Manx (Gaelg) is spoken by about 1,823 people, which makes it the 553rd most spoken language in the world — just behind Uspanteco (2,000) and ahead of Gwichʼin (670). It belongs to the Indo-European language family and, more precisely, to the Eastern Goidelic group within the Celtic branch.
Where is Manx spoken?
Manx is used in 1 country. The largest communities live in Isle of Man (1,660).
Manx is an official language in 1 country: Isle of Man.
Writing system and status
Manx is written in the Latin script. Glottolog classifies it as extinct, meaning fewer children learn it than in the past.
Its closest relatives in the same branch of the family are Scottish Gaelic, Irish and Welsh.
ISO codes: ISO 639-1 gv, ISO 639-3 glv.
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Data: Languages of the World dataset (MIT) — ISO 639-3, Glottolog (CC BY 4.0), Unicode CLDR, Google LinguaMeta (CC BY 4.0) and Wikidata; country lists: samayo/country-json (MIT). Speaker numbers include first- and second-language speakers where sources report them.