Well, from here in Central Europe, all those dialects and minor languages seem to be on the verge of extinction these days - not just a language with 25 speaker

Well, from here in Central Europe, all those dialects and minor languages seem to be on the verge of extinction these days - not just a language with 25 speakers: Upper and Lower Sorbian are circling the drain, with tens of thousands of speakers each. The interest in such languages is waning. This is even evidenced by the article: "People are staging a play in a language that's not on the Red List" is non-news.