ISLE of ManNATIVE languageNINETEENTH centuryACQUISITION of dataPHONOLOGYHOUSEHOLDSCENSUSThe article describes the visits of Prof. John Rhs to the Isle of Man from 1886 to 1893, during which he collected material on the Manx Gaelic language from native speakers. He focused...
MAN,' 'ISLE OF(anc.Mona), a dominion of the crown of England, in the Irish Sea. (For map, see England, section I.) It is about 33 m. long by about 1 2 broad in the broadest part. Its general form resembles that of an heraldic lozenge, though its outline is very irregular, be...