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This language of northern Japan has been declared as dying since the 1920s, but Hokkaido language centers offer classes, a radio station was founded in 2001, and manga has been produced in the language

A language of Australian Aborigines that died in 1844, this language has been part of an active revival movement in Adelaide since 2012

The Muwekma Tribe of California has been reviving this language that was last spoken in the 1930s; reservation classrooms regularly converse in it

A community language in southwest England that was revived thanks to a lot of surviving texts and an interest in Celtic culture

The last original speaker of this language of Croatia died in 1898, but there are now 20 fluent speakers in the effort to bring it back

Dead on almost every island in the state, efforts have been made to preserve this language that survives in Ni'ihau

Used in religious settings and writings, this language was technically dead for two millennia before being revived in the 19th century; its speaker total is over 8 million

The official language of Vatican City, this language has recently seen films made in the language (Parts of The Passion of the Christ) and Harry Potter translations

A Finnic language spoken in Latvia, it is one of three languages considered fully revived by UNESCO

Sometimes considered a dialect of Spanish, the local government of its community conducts a lot of business exclusively in this language in order to keep it alive

Though declared dead in 1975, this language from an island between Great Britain and Ireland has been declared revived and almost 70 students receive their education exclusively in this Celtic language

The indigenous of New Zealand has been undergoing a massive revival effort in recent years in order to keep it as a spoken language

This language of northwest Catalonian has enjoyed a protected status in the region and is taught in schools with Spanish and Catalan

This classical Indo-European language has seen some revival in villages across India alongside Kannada and Telugu; A non-profit in New Delhi and San Francisco is working on its official revival

A Native American language of New England, it is the first Native language to be revived in the US in the 21st century