Listen closely, though, and there’s something rare in the children’s chatter: the Manx language, an ancient tongue once feared forgotten. But thanks in part to these students at Bunscoill ...

Listen closely, though, and there’s something rare in the children’s chatter: the Manx language, an ancient tongue once feared forgotten. But thanks in part to these students at Bunscoill ...

Condemned as a dead language, Manx - the native language of the Isle of Man - is staging an extraordinary renaissance, writes Rob Crossan. Road signs, radio shows, mobile phone apps, novels - take ...

Ewan and his sister Kitty were raised to speak Manx as a first language A film about the revival of teaching Manx in primary schools from 1992, which the BBC has unearthed as part of its centenary ...

In Manx, the Isle of Man is known as Ellan Vannin or Manannan’s Island - Manannan (a Celtic sea god) being apt for an isle that ‘turned the tide’ in reviving its native language that UNESCO ...

A language teacher has set himself an unusual target – to spend a day learning Manx on a live videocast and then have a conversation in the language with someone who is fluent. Aran Jones ...

Condemned as a dead language, Manx - the native language of the Isle of Man - is staging an extraordinary renaissance, writes Rob Crossan. Road signs, radio shows, mobile phone apps, novels - take ...

Image caption, A Manx dictionary on the Isle of Man flag Condemned as a dead language, Manx - the native language of the Isle of Man - is staging an extraordinary renaissance, writes Rob Crossan.