Editing Language revitalization (section)

==== Western Armenian ====
{{Main|Armenian language}}

The [[Western Armenian]] language, has been classified as a [[endangered language|definitely endangered language]] in the ''[[Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger]]'' (2010),<ref>{{Cite book| edition = 3rd ed. entirely revised, enlarged and updated.| isbn = 978-92-3-104095-5| publisher =  UNESCO, Intangible Cultural Heritage Section| last1 = Moseley| first1 = Christopher| last2 = Nicolas| first2 = Alexandre| title = Atlas of the world's languages in danger / editor-in-Chief, Christopher Moseley ; cartographer, Alexandre Nicolas.| location = Paris| series = Memory of peoples series| date = 2010 |url= https://unesdoc.unesco.org/ark:/48223/pf0000187026}}</ref> as most speakers of the dialect remain in diasporic communities away from their homeland in Anatolia, following the [[Armenian genocide]]. In spite of this, there have been various efforts<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ohanesian |first=Liz |date=2023-04-20 |title=Western Armenian Is An Endangered Language. A New Generation In LA Is Learning It |url=https://laist.com/news/western-armenian-is-an-endangered-language-a-new-generation-in-la-is-learning-it |access-date=2023-05-29 |website=LAist |language=en}}</ref> to revitalize the language, especially within the [[Armenians in Los Angeles|Los Angeles community]] where the majority of Western Armenians reside.

Within her dissertation, Shushan Karapetian discusses at length the decline of the Armenian language in the United States, and new means for keeping and reviving Western Armenian, such as the creation of the Saroyan Committee or the Armenian Language Preservation Committee, launched in 2013.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Karapetian |first=Shushan |date=2014 |title="How Do I Teach My Kids My Broken Armenian?": A Study of Eastern Armenian Heritage Language Speakers in Los Angeles |url=https://escholarship.org/content/qt7jq085nr/qt7jq085nr.pdf?t=nk2emk |journal=Doctor of Philosophy in Near Eastern Languages and Cultures, University of California}}</ref> Other attempts at language revitalization can be seen within the [[University of California, Irvine|University of California in Irvine]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2018-12-03 |title=Keeping a language alive |url=https://news.uci.edu/2018/12/03/keeping-a-language-alive/ |access-date=2023-05-29 |website=UCI News |language=en-US}}</ref> Armenian is also one of the languages Los Angeles County is required to provide voting information in.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Multilingual Services Program |url=https://www.lavote.gov/home/voting-elections/voter-education/multilingual-services-program/multilingual-services-program |access-date=2025-05-12 |website=www.lavote.gov}}</ref> The DPSS (California Department of Social Services) also identifies Armenian as one of its "threshold languages".<ref>{{Cite web |title=Language Access Services |url=https://my.dpss.lacounty.gov/public/en/home/epolicy/office-operations/civil-rights/lang-services.html |access-date=2025-05-12 |website=my.dpss.lacounty.gov}}</ref>