As far as we know, language reclamation began in the 1800s when, at a time of rising antisemitism, Jewish communities looked to their ancestral language, Hebrew, as a means of cultural revival.
Koliko znamo, oživljavanje jezika počelo je oko 1800 kad su, u vrijeme jačanja antisemitizma, židovske zajednice uzele svoj  drevni jezik, hebrejski, kao sredstvo oživljavanja kulture.