Did you know that there is a branch of Irish Gaelic called Newfoundland Irish? In Irish the language is called Gaeilge Thalamh an Éisc, and it was widely spoken on the island up until the mid to late 20th century, when it began to be gradually replaced by English. The language was brought to Newfoundland by Irish settlers many centuries ago, and was specifically of the Irish dialect that can still be found today around the southeast of Ireland. Unfortunately the language is categorized as extinct, however there are still some people who speak it fluently. As a general rule, when any language is officially classified as extinct, take that declaration with a grain of salt, as the rigid application of it can often be misleading, as is the case with Manx Gaelic. The Manx language was formally declared extinct by the United Nations, however there are native speakers of the language, and it may have never died out at any point in the past.
