"What has happened with Euskera is a miracle, but it is not enough"

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From Catalonia, we observe with attention how Basque has rejuvenated its speaker pyramid thanks to the school, but the language is far from being spoken in the streets. Imanol Larrea is the director of the Soziolinguistika Klusterra, the research and revitalization center for Basque that is financed with public and university funds and thanks to pro-language entities. A sociologist and doctor in communication from UPF, he is a great connoisseur of the Catalan reality – he lived in Catalonia from 2008 to 2015: he speaks Catalan perfectly – because he did his thesis here, worked in linguistic reception, and has collaborated with Catalan research groups. He now dedicates all his efforts to creating knowledge about Basque to shape policies that will pull Basque out of a worrying stagnation. From June 17 to 20, he is participating in the Forum on Linguistic Diversity, organized by Linguapax Internacional, with dozens of experts to analyze the global linguistic diversity crisis and how to reverse it.