tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3954227388486879706.post1438492988538152575..comments2024-03-21T00:59:27.758+00:00Comments on The Word Den: Nuts and Bolts: resurrection.Sally Pruehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15999389456442530903noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3954227388486879706.post-4548143009447260892014-03-13T19:09:35.387+00:002014-03-13T19:09:35.387+00:00Yes, that's how I understand a dead language, ...Yes, that's how I understand a dead language, Eddie, and that's what I understand to have happened to these languages. Again, the link above to the revitalisation post tells the story of how it happened to Hebrew. It all started with just one baby.Sally Pruehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15999389456442530903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3954227388486879706.post-22275171764492377522014-03-13T17:41:14.696+00:002014-03-13T17:41:14.696+00:00I may be wrong on this, but isn't the definiti...I may be wrong on this, but isn't the definition of a 'dead language' one that no longer has any native speakers? Thus, Latin is a dead language, because, although people do speak it, none of them have it as a first language.<br /><br />If that's the case, is it really so that these languages died but were then revived to the point of having a new generation of native speakers?<br /><br />If that's true, that truly is remarkable.Eddie Lexihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08286045359355498275noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3954227388486879706.post-87719664916995808232014-03-12T15:05:31.407+00:002014-03-12T15:05:31.407+00:00Hebrew did die out completely as a native language...Hebrew did die out completely as a native language. The story of its revival is truly wonderful and can be found at http://thewordden.blogspot.co.uk/2012/12/nuts-and-bolts-revitalisation.htmlSally Pruehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15999389456442530903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3954227388486879706.post-75198582293936952292014-03-12T11:27:33.576+00:002014-03-12T11:27:33.576+00:00Fascinating as ever! How many of these languages h...Fascinating as ever! How many of these languages has a literature, though? I"m not 100% sure that Hebrew died out entirely but certainly the Bible didn't and that has always been read, so to speak, in the original which is near enough to modern Hebrew, though archaic. A bit like us and the King James Bible...really interesting post....adelehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15826710558292792068noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3954227388486879706.post-14477134763898447902014-03-12T08:22:34.268+00:002014-03-12T08:22:34.268+00:00That's a terrible statistic, Jingles, and a de...That's a terrible statistic, Jingles, and a depressingly long list. I shall hope that all these dying languages will be taught very easily and completely to a brilliant piece of software, and so be safe and accessible forever.Sally Pruehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15999389456442530903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3954227388486879706.post-72528190160078877362014-03-12T07:05:58.097+00:002014-03-12T07:05:58.097+00:00I think it's wonderful they are being revived....I think it's wonderful they are being revived.<br />Thank goodness for old books.<br />Latin is a dead language, but it will always 'live' in books.<br /><br />I know there has been a concern for a few years now that the Maori language seems to be dying out. Sad.<br /><br />Gosh! Curiosity got the better of me, and I did a search for dead languages, and found this list of 'recently' extinct ones. <br />(Scroll down for the list)<br /><br /><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extinct_language" rel="nofollow">Recently Extinct Languages</a><br /><br />Sadder still was this comment " It is believed that 90% of the circa 7,000 languages currently spoken in the world will have become extinct by 2050..."<br /><br />Jingleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12818918125701078566noreply@blogger.com