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shenmue

(38,506 posts) Tue Sep 16, 2014, 08:21 PM Sep 2014

Northern Irish school revives Manx Gaelic

http://m.bbc.com/news/uk-northern-ireland-29171457

United Nations officials once said the Manx Gaelic language was extinct. Now, they have been forced to revise the decision, as a school in Northern Ireland pushes up the numbers of speakers.

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Northern Irish school revives Manx Gaelic (Original Post) shenmue Sep 2014 OP

Excellent; it's a great pity when old languages go extinct LeftishBrit Sep 2014 #1

That is wonderful! swimboy Sep 2014 #2

LeftishBrit

(41,203 posts)

1. Excellent; it's a great pity when old languages go extinct

Reply to shenmue (Original post)

Wed Sep 17, 2014, 03:39 AM

Sep 2014

The revival of Welsh seems to be going quite well - of course it was never as close to true extinction as the Gaelic languages. I knew there were Scottish and Irish Gaelic medium schools; and I have met a couple of people who attended Irish Gaelic medium schools and are bilingual. But Manx - that's great!

swimboy

(7,283 posts)

2. That is wonderful!

Reply to shenmue (Original post)

Wed Sep 17, 2014, 10:13 PM

Sep 2014

I hope Cornish makes a comeback as well.

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