Similarities Between Irish and Manx 

In today's episode, we'll be comparing two Celtic languages that are sometimes forgotten about! Manx is a critically endangered language spoken in the Isle of Man, while Irish, which for many centuries was the main language of the Irish people, had its number of speakers decline since the 18th century. Rob, a Manx speaker from the Isle of Man, and Daniel, an Irish speaker from Ireland, will challenge each other with a list of words and sentences, showcasing some of their similarities between the two languages and. We hope to bring a lot more attention to both languages with this video! A very special thanks to my friend Georges for helping me organize this video!
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Manx (Gaelg) is a Goidelic language of the Celtic branch of the Indo-European family. It is the native language of the Isle of Man where it has official status. The Manx language thrived in the Isle of Man for centuries but in the 20th century its number of speakers dwindled drastically and in 1974 with the passing of Ned Maddrell, it was declared extinct. However, during the same time a scholarly revival had begun and by the 1980s a new generation of native speakers were being raised. Today, the Isle of Man, is a self-governing British Crown dependency where both Manx and English have official status.
Irish (Gaeilge) is a Goidelic language of the Insular Celtic branch of the Celtic language family spoken in Ireland (the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland). Until the late the 18th century most of the population of Ireland spoke Irish. However, since then the number of Irish speakers began to decline. Although English has become the first language of most residents of Ireland, a very significant number of people in Ireland speak Irish as their native tongue. Irish was also spoken for a period of time in Newfoundland, which greatly impacted the form of English spoken in this Canadian province.