[2] Additionally, the quality of these early childhood immersion programs helps in aiding the development of linguistic and cultural competence for participants.
Language nests have been proposed as part of the revitalization of Nivkh on Sakhalin, but as of 2018 had not been implemented due to the unwillingness of local school administrators and shortages of staff and funding.
[5] The First Peoples' Cultural Council in Canada provides grants to First Nations communities in British Columbia as part of the Pre-School Language Nest Program.
In collaboration with UMD's College of Education and Human Services Professionals and Eni-gikendaasoyang, the Center for Indigenous Knowledge and Language Revitalization, the program targets 4- to 5-year-olds in a half day session in the Duluth area.
This program had a high success rate based on feedback from the participating families and showcased a lot of benefits of this type of learning.
[15] Sixteen language nests have existed in Alaska at various points, though all but X̱ántsii Náay Haida Immersion Preschool[16] have since ceased operation.
[18] The first of five Aboriginal language and culture nests in New South Wales launched in 2013, although these are government service delivery centres and not immersion pre-schools.
Linguist Christopher Moseley says that this statistic is "quite encouraging" because "compared to how quickly a language can disappear, in just one generation in extreme cases, the figures are good.