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Manx Newscast: How do we ensure the Manx language survives?
Manx Newscast
Monday, 23 September 2024 - 17 minutes
The Isle of Man Government cannot rely on volunteers and motivated individuals who are dedicated to the Manx language to promote it.
That’s the call being made by experts from the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages which looks at protecting Cornish, Manx Gaelic, Irish, Scottish Gaelic and Welsh.
It says government must ‘put its money where its mouth is’ and has urged it to implement a number of recommendations.
Professor Vesna Crnic-Grotic and Professor Rob Dunbar make up part of the committee which has put forward the recommendations: