Well, you'll find that Sanskrit has been going through a moderate revival over the past few years. The CBSE (main board of education in India) has it as a third language through middle school and as a second language in high school. I also know of a town in Gujarat (a state in India) where the entire population speaks sanskrit.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sanskri...pts_at_revival
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