Original: According to official census figures, 9.1% of the population claimed to speak Manx in 1901; in 1921 the percentage was only 1.1%.
Simplified: In 1901, 9% of the people in the Isle of Man were said to speak Manx but in 1921 the number dropped to only 1%. The census of 2001 said that 2.2% of the population of the island could speak the language.