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so back to this video then comparing irish with manx gaelic manx gaelic is a language
spoken on the isle of man the isle of man is an island located
between ireland and britain manx gaelic is closely related to irish and to scottish gaelic
it was spread to the isle of man from ireland by monks merchants emigrants
and explorers from around the 4th or 5th century onwards
from there it grew and developed and by around 1500 it had separated enough from the irish of the
time to be called a separate and distinct language unfortunately by the 1800s and the 1900s manx
gaelic was struggling badly as it was associated with poverty and backwardness
these were some of the same struggles that the
irish language was facing during that same time frame
it continued to dwindle throughout the 1900s as the english language became more dominant on the isle of man
the last native speaker died in 1974 and by 2009 it was actually declared extinct but
manx gaelic was never truly extinct as it always had a cohort
of enthusiastic speakers and learners during the last 15 or 20 years
it has undergone quite the revival and it is much more prominent now
on road signs and within the education system than it once was
it's thought there are about a thousand active speakers of manx gaelic on the isle of man
with many more who have either a basic or a moderate understanding of manx gaelic
so let's look at some words and phrases now both in irish and manx gaelic
so this here means good day, in manx gaelic laa mie, in irish lá maith
this means fish in manx gaelic it's pronounced eeast in irish iasc
next we have the number four in manx gaelic this is pronounced kiare
in irish ceathair
dog is next in manx gaelic moddey in irish madra
water is the next word here in manx gaelic ushtey
in irish it's uisce, next we have the word for old in manx gaelic shenn
in irish sean
next we have clothes in manx gaelic this is eaddagh
in irish you could say éadaí or éadach which is more similar to the
manx version i gave there next we have the word for sea in manx gaelic
mooir in irish muir
moving on to how to say good morning in manx gaelic moghrey mie
in irish maidin mhaith could be pronounced maidin mhaith as well
next welcome so in manx gaelic failt ort in irish fáilte romhat
it seems the main difference here is just the prepositions in irish romhat would mean before you
or like something was laid out before you whereas ort in the manx gaelic example looks like
the welcome is on you let's say or the welcome is upon you so it's the same thing it's
just a difference in prepositions that's all next how are you so in manx gaelic kys t'ou
in irish conas atá tú, the answer to that then could be i am fine in manx gaelic
ta mee braew i am fine in irish you would say tá mé go breá
in manx gaelic then where are you going is said like this c'raad t'ou goll
in irish cá bhfuil tú ag dul, i am going to the beach
ta mee goll dys y traie i am going to the beach in irish you'd say it like this
tá mé ag dul go dtí an trá
so from my own very basic and limited understanding of manx gaelic
it certainly sounds irish but it doesn't always look irish
it appears to have more in common with the ulster dialect of irish as opposed to the other two
dialects it's almost like somebody phonetically rebranded this language to make it easier
and more appealing to english speakers so it certainly sounds gaelic but it almost
looks germanic if that makes sense, anyway i hope you enjoyed this video if you did then
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