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[goldstategop]

Hebrew was never a dead language - it was a written language and also used for prayer. Eliezer Ben Yehuda revived it as a spoken language by having his wife speak to their first child only in Hebrew. His efforts updated the language to handle scientific content and casual every day expressions. The result of his efforts fell upon fertile ground and by the second decade of the 20th century it was well on the way to become the dominant language of the Jews Of Eretz Israel. Extinct languages on the other hand can't be revived because no speaks them and they would need massive updating for use in the modern world. Ben Eliezer's work took a lifetime and that would take longer for languages no understands anymore.

"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus

[Bender2]

Well, to begin with, you have to be... stung by a dead bee.

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