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geardaddy

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2. Me too.

Reply to Recursion (Reply #1)

Thu Jan 31, 2013, 12:17 PM

Jan 2013

Cornish had it a bit tougher since they're having to kind of recreate it from documents, but it is making a comeback.

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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

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