Manx Language Week, Cooish, will take place this year from the 1st to the 8th of October. Supported by the Manx Heritage Foundation and a number of local businesses such as Cains, Long & Humphrey, Manx Radio and Manx Telecom the week provides an opportunity for learners and speakers of the language to share its Gaelic language and heritage with the rest of the Island.
There will be a wide-ranging series of events during the week but of particular note this year is the Ned Maddrell Lecture with Professor Chris Moseley which will take place at St John’s Mill from 2.00pm on Sunday, 2nd.
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Chris is a teaching fellow in Latvian at the School of Slavonic and East European Studies at UCL but he is best known for his work as the General Editor of the third edition of the UNESCO Atlas of World Languages in Danger.
The Atlas hit the headlines a couple of years ago when it categorised Manx as extinct; given that Manx speakers are very much alive and kicking, Manx was later re-categorised as critically endangered.
Adrian Cain, Manx Language Officer for the Manx Heritage Foundation, commented “this will be an excellent opportunity for us all to find out about the work of UNESCO with endangered languages; whilst it should also help UNESCO to draw some lessons on how to approach the categorisation of such language communities ”.
The Cooish week will also see the launch of two new programmes in Manx Gaelic on Manx Radio.
Adrian Cain said “this is a really fantastic development for the language which will not only raise the profile of Manx but provide original, innovative and exciting material for learners and speakers of the language alike. All those involved with this development at both Manx Radio and the BBC are to be congratulated for their support and enthusiasm for the language”.
The other key note event of the week is the Cooish Concert at the Erin Arts Centre on the 7th which will feature the band ‘Samling’ together with some exciting Manx support in the form of the Reeling Stones. Samling specialise in combining song traditions from Norway and Scotland and the band is recognised as part of a new movement within the European roots scene commonly referred to as Nu-Nordic. Presenting a new, exciting and uplifting sound of flutes, fiddle, guitar and voices, this collaborative project was inspired by the band’s founder, Anne Sofie, a traditional singer from the north-west of Norway who moved to Scotland.
For more information about any aspect of Cooish contact Adrian Cain, the Manx Language Officer, for the Manx Heritage Foundation at greinneyder@mhf.org.im or on 451098.
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