Editing Language revitalization (section)

=== Factors in successful language revitalization ===
[[David Crystal]], in his book ''Language Death'', proposes that language revitalization is more likely to be successful if its speakers:
* increase the [[language's prestige]] within the dominant community;
* increase their wealth and income;
* increase their legitimate power in the eyes of the dominant community;
* have a strong presence in the education system;
* can write down the language;
* can use electronic technology.<ref>{{cite book |last=Crystal |first=D. |date=2000 |title=Language Death |location=Cambridge |publisher=[[Cambridge University Press]] |pages=130–141 |isbn=0-521-65321-5}}</ref>

In her book, ''Endangered Languages: An Introduction,'' [[Sarah Thomason]] notes the success of revival efforts for modern Hebrew and the relative success of revitalizing Maori in New Zealand (see ''Specific Examples'' below). One notable factor these two examples share is that the children were raised in fully immersive environments.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Thomason |first=Sarah |title=Endangered Languages: An Introduction |publisher=[[Cambridge University Press]] |year=2015 |isbn=978-0-521-68453-8 |location=United Kingdom |pages=6}}</ref> In the case of Hebrew, it was on early collective-communities called [[kibbutz]]im.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Thomason |first=Sarah |title=Endangered Languages: An Introduction |publisher=[[Cambridge University Press]] |year=2015 |isbn=978-0-521-68453-8 |location=United Kingdom |pages=156–159}}</ref> For the Maori language In New Zealand, this was done through a [[language nest]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Thomason |first=Sarah |title=Endangered Languages: An Introduction |publisher=[[Cambridge University Press]] |year=2015 |isbn=978-0-521-68453-8 |location=United Kingdom |pages=165}}</ref>