In my home island of Jersey in the Channel Islands there is a gradually dying language called Jèrriais that we are finally attempting to revive with more teaching in schools and extracurricular elements as well. At the moment there is work being done on a language file in the same format as an official language file but with Jèrriais translations instead. The hope is that if a popular game like Minecraft gets Jèrriais officially added, more people will use it and begin to learn more about the language and hopefully encourage them to try and learn it. Only around 3% of the island speak it at a L2 level and the Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger classifies it as Critically Endangered. Once a translation is complete is there any hope of the language being added?
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