The last reported person to have full knowledge of a traditional form of Cornish, John Davey, died in 1891.
A revival started in the early 20th century, and in 2010 UNESCO reclassified the language as critically endangered, stating that its former classification of the language as extinct was no longer accurate. The language has a growing number of second-language speakers, and a very small number of families now raise children to speak revived Cornish as a first language.
Modern Hebrew is also a child of Zionism. It differs significantly from liturgical Hebrew since it has a lot of influences from European languages. If I’m not mistaken, some Jewish communities believe it’s also a heresy to use the sacred language of the Scriptures in common speech.
If some comrade has more sources on how Jewish communities view modern Hebrew, I would appreciate it. I don’t know a lot of details.
Anyways, I didn’t know this. Hope Cornish keeps growing.
That’s my understanding.
I wish Yiddish were still a thing
It still is!
Yeah but barely catored to in Jewish communities nowadays.