Manx people

Manx
Ny Manninee
Total population
95,788 (In the Isle of Man, Canada[1] and the United States)[2]
Regions with significant populations

Isle of Man
England
United States
Ireland
Australia
New Zealand
Canada 6,125 (including those of mixed ancestry)[3]

Pitcairn Islands
Languages
English (see Manx English· Manx
Religion
Predominantly Christianity
mostly Protestant (Anglican and Methodist, Baptist),
also Roman Catholic, Mormon, Christian Scientist, Atheist
Related ethnic groups
Scots, Irish, Gaels, English, Norse-Gaels, Welsh, Cornish, Bretons, Faroese, Orcadians

The Manx (/mæŋks/ manks; Manx: ny Manninee) are an ethnic group originating on the Isle of Man, in the Irish Sea in Northern Europe. They belong to the diaspora of the Gaelic ethnolinguistic group, which now populate the parts of the British Isles and Ireland which once were the Kingdom of the Isles and Dál Riata. The Manx are governed through the Tynwald (Ard-whaiyl Tinvaal), the legislature of the island, which was introduced by Viking settlers over a thousand years ago. The native mythology and folklores of the Manx belong to the overall Celtic Mythology group, with Manannán mac Lir, the Mooinjer veggey, Buggane, Lhiannan-Shee, Ben-Varrey and the Moddey Dhoo being prominent mythological figures on the island. Their language, Manx Gaelic (Gaelg, Gailck) is derived from Middle Irish, which was introduced by settlers that colonised the island from Gaelic Ireland. However, Manx gaelic later developed in isolation and belongs as a separate Goidelic language of the Insular Celtic languages.

  1. ^ Statistics Canada (8 May 2013). "2011 National Household Survey: Data tables". Archived from the original on 11 July 2018. Retrieved 11 October 2014.
  2. ^ "Table 1. First, Second, and Total Responses to the Ancestry Question by Detailed Ancestry Code: 2000". U.S. Census Bureau. Archived from the original on 23 July 2017. Retrieved 5 May 2013.
  3. ^ "File Not Found". Archived from the original on 22 April 2018. Retrieved 24 March 2018.

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