What is Manx language?
{{Infobox language |name=Manx |altname=Manx Gaelic |nativename={{lang|gv|y Ghaelg}}, {{lang|gv|y Ghailck}} |states=[[Isle of Man]] |speakers=Extinct as a [[first language]] in 1974; subsequently revived and now with about a hundred competent speakers,<ref>[https://www.independent.co.uk/news/education/education-news/anyone-here-speak-jersey-657175.html Anyone here speak Jersey?]</ref><ref>[http://www.iomtoday.co.im/manx-language/Fockle-ny-ghaa-schoolchildren-take.3901786.jp Fockle ny ghaa: schoolchildren take charge]</ref> including a small number of children who are new native speakers,<ref>[http://www.sil.org/iso639-3/documentation.asp?id=glv Documentation for ISO 639 identifier: glv]</ref> and 1,823 people (2.27% de facto population) in the Isle of Man professing some knowledge of the language<ref name=Gov.im>[http://www.gov.im/lib/docs/treasury/economic/census/census2011reportfinalresized.pdf Isle of Man Census Report 2011]. Retrieved 2012-10-19.</ref> (2011) |date=NA |familycolor=Indo-European |fam2=[[Celtic languages|Celtic]] |fam3=[[Insular Celtic languages|Insular]] |fam4=[[Goidelic]] |nation={{flag|Isle of Man}} |agency={{lang|gv|[[Coonseil ny Gaelgey]]}} (Manx Gaelic Council) |iso1=gv|iso2=glv|iso3=glv|lingua=50-AAA-aj }} '''Manx''', or '''Manx Gaelic''' (known in Manx as ''Gaelg'' or ''Gailck''), is a language spoken on the [[Isle of Man]]. It is a [[Goidelic languages|Gaelic language]], the same family as [[Scottish Gaelic language|Scottish Gaelic]] and [[Irish language|Irish]]. All of them are [[Celtic languages]]. Manx is spoken mainly by people who learn it through interest. It [[Extinct language|died out]] as a natural community language in the 20th century. The last old native speaker died in 1974. Manx is protected under the [[European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages]]. == History == Manx began to separate from Middle Irish in about 900–1600 AD and is called ''Yn Ghaelg'' ''Yn Ghailck'' by its speakers. There became fewer and fewer speakers during the 19th century, when the languag