This dictionary uses a simplified version of the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) to show the pronunciation of the Manx words, and audio samples recorded by Paul Rogers based on pronunciation from archive recordings of native speakers or phonetic notation of native speech. Where no record of the pronunciation of a particular word exists the cognate words in Irish and Scottish can give us clues and the spelling of Manx can reveal how a word should be pronounced too, even if at first glance the system seems irregular and random.

There is often more than one way to pronounce a word in Manx due to regional differences and historical periods. This dictionary does not claim to show every single variant but instead aims to give students a guide to the most common pronunciation of each word. Sometimes words have a different pronunciation in the north of the Island and the south and both forms have been indicated with N. or S.