What do an accordion, a whistle and a group of children have in common? On the Isle of Man, its a way to help bring back a language on the brink of extinction.
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Exploring the world through words
The words we use to describe the land around us are as varied and distinct as the landscape, but what happens when the language of a place is endangered?
When children become the gatekeepers of a language, what does that mean for the growth of the critically endangered language on the Isle of Man?
The last known native speaker of Manx Gaelic died in 1974, but today, the Isle of Man is working to bring back its native language for modern times.
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