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Well, I'm Owen Williams, I'm sixteen and
I'm from the Isle of Man

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and I was born and raised on the Island;
I've never lived anywhere else in the world

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so naturally I'm very fond of the Island

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and we have our own national language here; 
it's called Manx or Manx Gaelic

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and it's a Gaelic language so subsequently 
it's very similar to Scottish and Irish Gaelic

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and because it's also Celtic, sometimes some words sound 
a little like words in Welsh, Cornish and Breton

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I learned the majoirty of my Manx from my mother and 
conversations and stuff like that

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and when I was a young kid, I went to a Gaelic playschool
called "Mooinjey Veggey"

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and I don't remember it too well, although as far as 
I remember English wasn't spoken; only Manx I heard I think

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so that's another way I learned the Manx

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There are a few native speakers and a Gaelschool
on the Island,

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there are plenty of kids learning the language in schools;
it's going well; you can do qualifications in the language in addition

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There are numerous opportunities to learn Manx; there are classes and 
lessons going on for adults also, like I mentioned

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So everything's going well with Manx and in the Isle of Man

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so thanks to you all for watching and listening to me.

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