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Manx: Bringing a language back from the dead [View all]
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-21242667Watch: Inside the Isle of Man school where children are taught in Manx
Condemned as a dead language, Manx - the native language of the Isle of Man - is staging an extraordinary renaissance, writes Rob Crossan.
Road signs, radio shows, mobile phone apps, novels - take a drive around the Isle of Man today and the local language is prominent.
But just 50 years ago Manx seemed to be on the point of extinction.
"If you spoke Manx in a pub on the island in the 1960s, it was considered provocative and you were likely to find yourself in a brawl," recalls Brian Stowell, a 76-year-old islander who has penned a Manx-language novel, The Vampire Murders, and presents a radio show on Manx Radio promoting the language every Sunday.
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