I have to admit (from a completely personal viewpoint) that this sounds like a reason _not_ to support minority language Wikipedias. I personally much prefer the trend towards more people speaking a single language, or set of main languages, rather than encouraging more small niches of people speaking their own language.
> On 30 September 2011 13:04, Thomas Dalton <thomas.dalton@gmail.com> wrote:
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>> Indeed. Part of the issue there is that the number is diminishing so
>> much that there aren't enough speakers left to really produce a good
>> encyclopaedia (there's something like 60,000 global speakers)....
>
> The whole point is that encouraging minority language wikipedias helps
> revitalise the language.