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Per mid December 2013, the plural rules for Manx (gv - Gaelg) have changed. Before they were as follows (4 forms):

n is 0, 20, 40, 60, 80, 100, 120, ...
n is 1, 11, 21, 31, 41, 51, ...	
n is 2, 12, 22, 32, 42, 52, ...
n is none of the above

They now will be consistent with the plural rules for Scots Gaelic (gd) as defined in CLDR (4 forms):

n is 1, 11, 21, 31, 41, 51, ...	
n is 2, 12, 22, 32, 42, 52, ...
n is 0, 20, 40, 60, 100, 120, ...
n is none of the above

These forms are also know as "one", "two", "few", and "other" respectively. In MediaWiki, it is not required to specify all forms at all times. The last form specified will be used for a missing form when not all forms have been used.

Future changes in the plural handling for Manx (gd) will only come into MediaWiki through changes in the plural rules of CLDR.

As a consequence, all translations for language code "gv" in the MediaWiki namespace containing PLURAL have been marked as outdated, and should be updated as soon as possible. Until the translations have been corrected, plural forms will be incorrect for the 50 effected translations.

This message will be linked in the e-mail to translators and in the language's Wikipedia village pump(s). Because of this change, backporting of translations to recent versions of MediaWiki below MediaWiki 1.22 will not be possible.

I have drafted a list of Mediawiki plural rules for all languages. I would be grateful if a translator could check that the rules for Manx are correctly recorded in the list. If I have made a mistake please go ahead and correct it.

It could also be useful to any future new translators for Manx to be able to read notes on using plural, especially Mediawiki plural, on your portal or a sub-page of the portal. I note that the various plural systems used by projects have different rules for Manx.