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