Editing Language revitalization (section)

==== Ainu ====
{{Main|Ainu language}}
The [[Ainu language]] of the indigenous [[Ainu people]] of northern Japan is currently moribund, but efforts are underway to revive it. A 2006 survey of the [[Hokkaido]] Ainu indicated that only 4.6% of Ainu surveyed were able to converse in or "speak a little" Ainu.<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TpdTRuAm8R4C&pg=PA219 |title=Cultural Diversity, Heritage and Human Rights: Intersections in Theory and Practice |first1=Michele |last1=Langfield |first2=William |last2=Logan |first3=Mairead Nic |last3=Craith |date=November 27, 2009 |publisher=[[Taylor & Francis]] |isbn=9780203863015 |via=[[Google Books]]}}</ref> As of 2001, Ainu was not taught in any elementary or secondary schools in Japan, but was offered at numerous language centres and universities in Hokkaido, as well as at Tokyo's [[Chiba University]].<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=oScUXmAkRXIC&pg=PA340 |title=Can Threatened Languages be Saved?: Reversing Language Shift, Revisited : a 21st Century Perspective |first=Joshua A. |last=Fishman |date=January 1, 2001 |publisher=Multilingual Matters |isbn=9781853594922 |via=[[Google Books]]}}</ref>