Revitalization

Despite revitalization efforts, the number of speakers of the language continues to decline.

Revitalization efforts have failed to stop the decline in the number of speakers of the language.

In the 19th century, a great literary revitalization in both the Catalan and the Galician languages' literature occurred. In Catalonia, the movement was called "la Renaixença" ('the Rebirth') and was headed by poet Jacint Verdaguer, dramatist Àngel Guimerà, and novelist Narcís Oller. In Galicia, it was "o Rexurdimento" ('the Resurgence'), majorly represented by poets: Rosalía de Castro, Manuel Curros Enríquez, and Eduardo Pondal.

As we will see, it is not difficult to envisage a pragmatic and workable revitalisation strategy to stabilise and develop the Scots language by applying the basic principles discussed so far.