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Manx people

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Manx
Manx: Ny Manninee
Total population
95,788[1]
Regions with significant populations
 Isle of Man
Languages
English, Manx[2]
Religion
Historically Christianity
Related ethnic groups
Scots, Irish, Gaels, English, Welsh, Cornish, Bretons, Faroese, Orcadians

The Manx (/mæŋks/; Manx: ny Manninee) are an ethnic group from the Isle of Man in the Irish Sea in northern Europe. Their culture has big Norse and English influences. The Manx language came from Middle Irish.

References

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  1. Summary results of the Isle of Man Census 2011
  2. "A Miscellany on the History, Culture and Language of the Isle of Man" Archived 2007-11-18 at the Wayback Machine, Skeealyn Vannin, Journal of the Genealogical Society of Ireland, Vol. 7, No. 2 (2006)