Ireland Forgives: Why the Irish Language Still Matters
UNESCO calls Irish definitely endangered. Twenty thousand to forty thousand fluent speakers. Why what happens to the Irish language matters to the world.
Language
Manx Words and Grammar: Seven New Pages
Seven new pages of Manx: the alphabet, greetings, numbers, days, family and colours. Every word traced to Cregeen 1835 or Kelly 1866, and every pronunciation to a named source.
Manx and Irish: Two Branches of One Tree
Manx and Irish are not the same language, and neither is a dialect of the other. They are sisters. Here is what they share and what sets them apart.
Gyn Chengey, Gyn Cheer
Gyn chengey, gyn cheer: without a language, without a country. How Manx nearly died, and what the Isle of Man almost lost with it.
The Language That Came Back From the Dead
In 1974 the last native speaker of Manx died and the experts called the language extinct. The children of the Isle of Man had other ideas.
Irish-Language Communities Keeping the Tongue Alive in 2026
Irish is endangered on paper. In practice there are more children being raised in it now than at any point in the last century. Here is where the language is actually being lived.