Is the internet contributing to the death of languages?

According to Ethnologue, 915 languages across the world are considered to be dying with six of them disappearing altogether each year. The internet may actually be contributing to the death of some global languages. 54.5 percent of the web's content is in English with increasing numbers of users preferring it to other languages. Read more on the i100.

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This chart shows the number of languages worldwide and online in 2012 and 2015.

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Common languages used for web content 2025, by share of websites
Number of internet and social media users worldwide 2025
Global number of internet users 2005-2025
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Total number of internet connections in rural and urban India FY 2015-2025
Number of internet users in selected countries in Africa 2025
Freedom House Index: countries with the highest internet freedom 2025

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