Language_maintenance_and_shift翻译.pptVIP

Language revitalization – restoring it to the state where it is again used as the means of communication Hebrew The key success of the Hebrew revival was the strong feeling by the majority of Israelis that Hebrew is a worthwhile language to speak and promote. Hebrew has fulfilled the need for solidarity among the various races who have settled in Israel. Irish in Ireland Irish is a language which lost millions of speakers to English. By 1911, only 550,000 spoke it. By 1971 the speakers numbered 789,429, the result of a strong Irish language programme the Irish language has been promoted by t