What ancient language was not widely spoken for over 1600 years, until it was revived in the early 19th century. Today, there are millions of native speakers.
For centuries, Hebrew was purely the liturgical language of Judaism. Today, 5 million speak it natively, and an additional 3.3 million speak it as a second language. It is the only successful large-scale example of linguistic revival.
In what country is Romansh is an official language?
Romansh is predominantly spoken in the Swiss canton of the Grisons (Graubünden). It has been a national language of Switzerland since 1938, alongside with German, French, and Italian.
Among the English words borrowed from this Asian language are bungalow, bandana, pajamas and thug.
Urdu and Hindi are both acceptable answers as the languages have many words in common.
Name the endangered language that is the source of the word 'wiki' (as in Wikipedia).
In Hawaiian, wiki means quick. There are around 300 Native speakers of Hawaiian left, and less than 25,000 who speak it as a second language.
There are six living Celtic languages. Five are Irish (Gaelic), Scottish Gaelic, Manx, Welsh and Cornish. What is the sixth?
Breton is spoken in Brittany, part of modern-day France. The language has approximately 100,000 native speakers. It is the only Celtic language still in use on the European mainland.
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