• holding your own Manx themed events
• finding out about how Manx can benefit your business or organisation
• attending events listed on yearofmanx.im
• increasing your use of Manx
• creating something using Manx
• your own idea!
There are so many ways you can gow ayrn – get involved. If you’ve got an idea and you want to discuss it then get in touch.
Manx is a strong resilient language, which gives us a sense of place and community.
Manx is one of the Isle of Man’s most important cultural assets – a cultural success story.
Manx is all around us – in our placenames, in print and online, and in the mouths of thousands of people, of all ages.
Around 1,500 children learn Manx in schools.
3.64% of the population has knowledge of Manx to speak, read or write it. This is a 20% increase from 2011.
Over 100 books have been published in Manx in recent times.
Manx comes from early Irish and was brought here by Irish missionaries around fifteen hundred years ago. It has been written down since at least the early 1600s. Manx will have been spoken by most of the famous figures in Manx history up until at least the 1880s.
For more information see https://www.learnmanx.com/resources/community/speak-up-for-manx/spread-the-word/