Kaye, Alan S. [116], Kenan Malik has also argued that it is "irrational" to try to preserve all the world's languages, as language death is natural and in many cases inevitable, even with intervention. Freud was similarly concerned with looking back so that we might look forward, observing as he did persistent patterns of repetition and regression in human mental processes and behaviour. This article is based on his book, Revivalism and Modern Irish Literature: the anxiety of transmission and the dynamics of renewal (Cork University Press). The debate concerning ideology and ideological shifts during peace-building in Northern Ireland has generally failed to account for the attitudes and opinions of former combatants concerning the nature and meaning of discursively constructed identities and political strategies. Irish (Gaeilge) Irish is a Celtic language spoken in mainly Ireland (ire).There are also Irish speakers in the UK (Rocht Aontaithe), the USA (Stit Aontaithe Mheirice), Canada (Ceanada) and Australia (an Astril).On average 66% of Gaeltacht residents can speak Irish. Irish language, also called Erse or Gaelic, Irish Gaeilge, a member of the Goidelic group of Celtic languages, spoken in Ireland. Languages targeted for language revitalization include those whose use and prominence is severely limited. What emerges is the potential to challenge that which appears pre-ordained, inescapable and insurmountable. A number of Aboriginal communities in Victoria and elsewhere are now trying to revive some of these languages. [20], Other linguists have argued that when language revitalization borrows heavily from the majority language, the result is a new language, perhaps a creole or pidgin. In the 2001 census of India, 14,135 people claimed Sanskrit as their mother tongue. I argue that the presence of an identity conflict between colonizer and colonized increases the efficacy of language revitalization movements, as language is a component used to establish a separate identity and assert independence from a colonizer. Firstly, we deal with the most significant documents where the status of the Irish language is being defined. The Lost Language of Yola.