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Language revitalization

Language revitalization, also referred to as language revival or reversing language shift, is an attempt to halt or reverse the decline of a language or to revive an extinct one. Those involved can include linguists, cultural or community groups, or governments. Some argue for a distinction between language revival (the resurrection of an extinct…

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Reasons for language endangerment

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Health benefits of language revitalization

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Language revitalization

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Language revitalization

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related to Bibliography · 69
Language revitalization → Advanced Study Research Bulletin, Ainu, Ainu Language Policy, Ainu Language Revitalization, Ainu Languages, AlterNative, Anna, April, Archived, Aynu, Berlin, Bugaeva, Case Study, City, Communication Studies, Current State, Dictionaries, Education, Future, Gayman
related to Further reading · 35
Language revitalization → Arizona, Barcelona, Bastardas-Boada, Bloomsbury, Cambridge University Press, Center, Community Response, Edicions, Education, Empire, Endangered Languages, Excellence, Flagstaff, From, Grenoble, Griffiths, Identity, ISBN, Language, Language Loss
related to South America · 22
Language revitalization → According, Although, Another, Bilingual Intercultural Education Project, CONAIE, Despite, Ecuador, However, In, Kendall, Kichwa, King, Lagunas, One, PEBI, Quechua, Schooling, South America, Spanish, Spanish-speaking
related to Health benefits of language revitalization · 21
Language revitalization → Aboriginal, Adelaide, Australia's Stolen Generations, Barngarla, Barngarla Community, Benefits, Colonisation, Connection, Indigenous, Indigenous Australian, It, Language, Medical Research Institute, One, Researchers, Some, South Australia, South Australian Health, The, UN
related to Specific revitalization efforts · 18
Language revitalization → AD, An, Arabic-speaking, Classical Arabic, Classical Latin, Hebrew, In, Israel, It, Jews, Modern Hebrew, Modern Standard Arabic, Renaissance, Sanskrit, See Revival, State, The, This
related to Steps in reversing language shift · 10
Language revitalization → Acquisition, Create, Efforts, Fishman's, In, Joshua Fishman, One, The, There, Where
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Language revitalization → annual national competition, case of Maori, long processInvolving as many people as possibleParents using the language with their childrenPlanners and advocates approaching the problem from all directions.Specific suggest…
related to Factors in successful language revitalization · 2
Language revitalization → David Crystal, Language Death
related to Theory · 2
Language revitalization → One, This

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language languages revitalization speakers ainu also indigenous use people one endangered efforts native revival spoken culture cultural schools used irish

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Language revitalizationis along processInvolving as many people as possibleParents using the language with their childrenPlanners and advocates approaching the problem from all directions.Specific suggest…0.90text
Language revitalizationis aannual national competition0.90text
Language revitalizationis acase of Maori0.90text
the exploitation of indigenous natural resourcesinstance ofeconomic danger0.80text
political danger such as genocideinstance ofeconomic danger0.80text
or cultural danger/assimilationinstance ofeconomic danger0.80text
recordings or mediainstance ofincluding those that rely on technology0.80text
can be used for languages in any state of viability.Factors in successful language revitalizationDavid Crystalinstance ofincluding those that rely on technology0.80text
in his book Language Deathinstance ofincluding those that rely on technology0.80text
proposes that language revitalization is more likely to be successful if its speakersinstance ofincluding those that rely on technology0.80text
can be used for languages in any state of viabilityinstance ofincluding those that rely on technology0.80text
Amharic began to take its placeinstance ofthe language was often used as a lingua franca until the 16th century where spoken languages0.80text

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