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<p><b>Language revitalization</b>, also referred to as <b>language revival</b> or <b>reversing language shift</b>, is an attempt to halt or reverse the decline of a language or to revive an extinct one. Those involved can include <a href="page.php?w=Linguistics">linguists</a>, cultural or community groups, or governments. Some argue for a distinction between <b>language revival</b> (the resurrection of an <a href="page.php?w=extinct_language">extinct language</a> with no existing native speakers) and <b>language revitalization</b> (the</p><p>
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