 At the end of the 19th century a revival of Manx began, headed by the Manx Language Society ("").Both linguists and language enthusiasts searched out the last native speakers during the 20th century, recording their speech and learning from them.In the United Kingdom Census 2011, there were 1,823 Manx speakers on the island, representing 2.27% of the population of 80,398, and a steady increase in the number of speakers.