'Quoi adsyn va'n Ghaelg oc ee toshiaght yn eedoo cheead, ayns Skylley Vaayl?' (Who spoke Manx in Kirk Michael at the beginning of the 20th century?)
Date(s): May 2017
Creator(s): Wheeler, Max W.
Scope & Content: The author reports on Kirk Michael census information from 1901 and 1911, tabulating the numbers of those recorded as able to speak Manx by sex and by decade age spans. He stipulates possible reasons for discrepancies between individuals' recorded Manx knowledge in the two censuses and sets out some stories concerning individuals documented in these censuses. Two appendices contain details of Manx speakers in 1901 and 1911.
Language: English
Extent: 17 pages
Physical description: typescript
Item name: article
Collection: Manuscript Archive
Level: ITEM
ID number: MS 14410/1
Record class: Private
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