When 97-year-old fisherman Ned Maddrell died in 1974, his native language, Manx Gaelic, died with him. At least, that's what UNESCO believed and they declared the language extinct in 2009.

Years later, a letter from a primary school on the Isle of Man proved them wrong, so the organisation took a step back and set up a new category: revitalised languages.

Here’s how a movement brought a language back from the dead.

https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20230225-how-a-primary-school-saved-the-manx-language-from-extinction

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