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Edward "Ned" Maddrell (1877 – December 27, 1974) was a fisherman from the Isle of Man who was the last surviving native speaker of the Manx language. Following the death of Mrs. Sage Kinvig (–1962), Maddrell was the only remaining person who could claim to have spoken Manx Gaelic from childhood (according to one source, Maddrell had some knowledge of English before he learned Manx, and learned Manx from his great-aunt),〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Language Decline and Language Revival in the Isle of Man )〕 although at the time some other people spoke it as a second language, having learned it later in life. Maddrell recorded some of his speech for the sake of linguistic preservation; for example, in 1948 he recorded the following about fishing (in Manx, with the English translation): :''Dooyrt "Ballooilley" rish'': ::"Ballooilley" said to him: :''"Vel ny partanyn snaue, Joe?"'' ::"Are the crabs crawling, Joe?" :''"Cha nel monney, cha nel monney," dooyrt Joe. "T'ad feer ghoan."'' ::"Not much, not much," said Joe. "They're very scarce."〔(Manx Language Samples (with audio): ) "Are the Crabs Crawling?"〕 A newspaper article about the decline of Manx from about 1960 (Maddrell's age was given as 82) mentions and quotes him, since at the time he was, along with Kinvig, one of only two native speakers: In contrast to some other native speakers, Maddrell appears to have enjoyed his minor celebrity status, and was very willing to teach younger language revivalists such as Leslie Quirk and Brian Stowell. When Irish Taoiseach Éamon de Valera visited the island he called upon Ned personally. De Valera had been angered some years before at the inaction of the British and Manx governments over the demise of the language, and had sent over a team from the Irish Folklore Commission with a sound recording van to preserve what was left. ==References== 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Ned Maddrell」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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