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geardaddy

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4. That's interesting to hear about the Ainu

Reply to Lydia Leftcoast (Reply #3)

Fri Feb 1, 2013, 11:09 AM

Feb 2013

I'm glad they're taking the steps to preserve their language.

As you know, I'm well acquainted with Welsh and there is even "text speak" in Welsh now, which, as much as I don't text, I'm glad to see as I think it keeps the language relevant among younger speakers.

The Powhatan language was partially reconstructed for the movie "The New World" and local natives are taking that effort to teach their members.

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Manx: Bringing a language back from the dead [View all] geardaddy Jan 2013 OP

Cornish seems to be making a comeback too Recursion Jan 2013 #1

Me too. geardaddy Jan 2013 #2

As a linguist, I can only applaud this apparently worldwide trend of resurrecting languages Lydia Leftcoast Jan 2013 #3

That's interesting to hear about the Ainu geardaddy Feb 2013 #4

Expanding living languages is one thing. Igel Feb 2013 #5

What resurrecting a language does for the emotional well-being of the ethnic group is Lydia Leftcoast Feb 2013 #6

I definitely refrescanos Jul 2013 #7

and refrescanos Jul 2013 #8