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1 comments about Celtic: A Comparative Study of the Six Celtic Languages, Irish, Gaelic, Manx, Welsh, Cornish, Breton Seen Against the Background of Their History, Literature and Destiny.

1. One gets the impression that the author wrote this book mostly for his own entertainment - he's fascinated with Celtic languages and wants to write about them. He has no particular point to make other than to share the joys of initial mutations etc. with whoever will listen. The result is a very entertaining book, not particularly scholarly, but certainly informative and the reader comes away with a good overview of the subject.

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No comments about A Handbook of Late Spoken Manx: 3: Phonology (Buchreihe Der Zeitschrift Fa1/4r Celtische Philologie) (v. 3).

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No comments about Mona My Life and Other Manx Poems. With ÒThe Isle of Man, Its Literature and Language,Ó by Margaret Killip..

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1 comments about Practical Manx.

1. Let's face it - there is not a great deal of competition for Manx grammars, but this one is perfectly adequate for anyone's purposes. It is a descriptive grammar, rather than a teaching aid, so there are no graded lessons or exercises. I would recommend reading a little from each chapter to gain an idea of how the language is made up, rather than trying to read straight through it from beginning to end. There are notes on pronunciation, but they are located toward the end.
   It will help immeasurably if you already know some Irish or Scottish Gaelic. Manx is particularly closely related to the latter. It helps to understand the make-up of a Manx sentence like "V'ad gee" if you think of the Gaelic equivalent "Bha iad ag ithe". Similarly, the initial mutations are more readily comprehensible if you keep in mind the Gaelic words, eg. "da thur" for Manx "daa hoor".
   Manx is beautiful and interesting and well worth studying, and this grammar is an excellent starting-point.