Editing Manx language (section)

==Names==

===In Manx===
The [[Endonym and exonym|endonym]] of the language is {{wikt-lang|gv|Gaelg}}/{{wikt-lang|gv|Gailck}}, which shares the same etymology as the word "Gaelic", as do the endonyms of its [[sister language]]s: [[Irish language|Irish]] ({{lang|ga|Gaeilge}}; {{lang|ga|Gaoluinn}}, {{lang|ga|Gaedhlag}} and {{lang|ga|Gaeilic}}) and [[Scottish Gaelic]] ({{lang|gd|Gàidhlig}}). Manx frequently uses the forms {{lang|ga|y Ghaelg}}/{{lang|gv|y Ghailck}} (with [[definite article]]), as do Irish ({{lang|ga|an Ghaeilge}}) and Scottish Gaelic ({{lang|gd|a' Ghàidhlig}}).

To distinguish it from the two other forms of Gaelic, the phrases {{lang|gv|Gaelg/Gailck Vannin}} "Gaelic of [[Isle of Man|Mann]]" and {{lang|gv|Gaelg/Gailck Vanninnagh}} "Manx Gaelic" are also used. In addition, the nickname {{lang|gv|Çhengey ny Mayrey}} "the mother tongue", lit. "the mother's tongue" is occasionally used.

===In English===
The language is usually referred to in English as "Manx". The term "Manx Gaelic" is often used, for example when discussing the relationship between the three Goidelic languages (Irish, Scottish Gaelic, and Manx) or to avoid confusion with [[Manx English]], the form of English spoken on the island. A feature of Manx English deriving from Gaelic<!--- not really a calque---> is the use of the definite article, e.g. "the Manx", "the Gaelic", in ways not generally seen in standard English.<ref name="Moore">{{cite book |last=Moore |first=A.W. |author-link=Arthur William Moore |year=1924 |publisher=Oxford University Press |url=http://www.isle-of-man.com/manxnotebook/fulltext/am1924/index.htm |title=A Vocabulary of the Anglo-Manx Dialect}}</ref>

The word "Manx", often spelled historically as "Manks" (particularly by natives of the island), means "Mannish" and originates from [[Old Norse]] {{lang|non|*manskr}}.<ref>{{Citation |title=Manx |date=5 March 2022 |url=https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=Manx&oldid=66078540 |work=Wiktionary |language=en |access-date=9 April 2022}}</ref> The [[Isle of Man]] is named after the Irish god [[Manannán mac Lir]], thus {{lang|gv|Ellan Vannin}} ("Mannanán's Island", {{Langx|ga|Oileán Mhannanáin}} "Mannanán's Island").<ref>{{Cite book |title=Celtic Culture : A Historical Encyclopedia |publisher=[[ABC-CLIO]] |year=2005 |isbn=978-1851094400 |editor-last=Koch |editor-first=John T. |volume=2 |pages=673–690}}</ref>