[mudshark]

[color=#000000ost_uid0]The difference being, of course, that Dutch is in no danger of becoming a lost language any time soon. For numerous North American tribes, the danger is very real, and in some cases has already happened.

For the Celtic languages, it lies somewhere in the middle: Cornish is functionally a dead language and Manx never had that many speakers to begin with, but the rest have been making comebacks for the last few decades.[/colorost_uid0]