▁ 2 0 1 4 . ▁L ingu ist ▁Christopher ▁M ose ley ▁says ▁that ▁this ▁stat istic ▁is ▁" qu ite ▁encourag ing " ▁because ▁" comp ared ▁to ▁how ▁quickly ▁a ▁language ▁can ▁disappear , ▁in ▁just ▁one ▁generation ▁in ▁extreme ▁cases , ▁the ▁figures ▁are ▁good ." ▁ ▁United ▁States ▁ ▁In ▁Hawai ' i , ▁the ▁Hawai ian - language ▁equivalent , ▁the ▁P ū n ana ▁Leo , ▁has ▁been ▁running ▁for ▁ 2 4 ▁years ▁and ▁has ▁also ▁been ▁successful ▁in ▁producing ▁first - language ▁speak ers ▁of ▁Hawai ian . ▁ ▁In ▁Minnesota , ▁the ▁En we y ang ▁O j ib we ▁Language ▁N est , ▁started ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 9 . ▁In ▁collaboration ▁with ▁U MD ' s ▁College ▁of ▁Education ▁and ▁Human ▁Services ▁Prof ession als ▁and ▁En i - g ik enda as oy ang , ▁the ▁Center ▁for ▁Ind igen ous ▁Know ledge ▁and ▁Language ▁Rev ital ization , ▁the ▁program ▁targets ▁ 4 - 5 ▁year ▁old s ▁in ▁a ▁half ▁day ▁session ▁in ▁the ▁D ul uth ▁area . ▁ ▁In ▁North ▁Dak ota , ▁Lak <0xC8> <0x9F> ól ’ y api ▁W ah ó <0xC8> <0x9F> pi , ▁the ▁Lak ota ▁Language ▁Im m ersion ▁N est , ▁opened ▁on ▁September ▁ 1 2 , ▁ 2 0 1 2 . ▁Full ▁day ▁school ing ▁aim ed ▁at ▁ 3 - year ▁old s , ▁with ▁parents ▁also ▁receiving ▁training ▁to ▁encou rage ▁at ▁home ▁efforts