How Hebrew was (and continues to be) transformed into a modern language (fwd link)

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05.05.08
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How Hebrew was (and continues to be) transformed into a modern language
Reported by Daniel Estrin

Sixty years ago this week, the modern state of Israel was born. Since then,
thousands, and ultimately millions, of Jews have adopted Hebrew as their
primary language, despite the fact that their ancestors stopped speaking it
nearly two thousand years earlier. Linguists say it is the most successful
instance yet of a “dead” language’s revival.

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