Manx Gaelic (Part 5, The Celtic Languages)
seem as an important part of the culture to be remembered, and in this the movement appears to be making progress.
How Does Manx Compare to Other Celtic Languages?
Since Manx is a Q-Celtic language, it is naturally quite similar to both Irish and Scottish Gaelic, but it is more obviously related to Scottish Gaelic. One notable fact about its orthography is rather different from both languages, or in other words, it looks very different. For example, the singular familiar pronoun ‘you’ is ‘tú’ in Irish (pronounced basically like the English word ‘to’), which is obviously similar in appearance to the Scottish Gaelic ‘thu’ (pronounced basically like the exclamation ‘ooh’). In Manx, it is ‘oo’, which is pronounced just like any English speaker would naturally guess. This trend in the language may make it easier for learners, since the unfamiliar spelling and pronunciation is often what learners find so difficult with Irish and Scottish Gaelic.
Sources
1. http://homepages.enterprise.net/kelly/FR... (by A. J. Pilgrim)
2. http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language....
3. http://www.smo.uhi.ac.uk/~stephen/mendin... (by Stephen Miller; see http://www.smo.uhi.ac.uk/~stephen/ )
4. http://www.dalriada.co.uk/Taighindex/Gae...
5. http://www.helsinki.fi/~tasalmin/europe_...
6. http://www.fortunecity.com/bally/carlow/...
7. The Manx page on http://www.geocities.com/indoeurop/atree... (select Celtic and then Manx Gaelic)
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