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.
Largest internet companies by market capitalization in the UK 2026
Common languages used for web content 2025, by share of websites
Internet penetration worldwide 2016-2026
The most spoken languages worldwide 2026
Countries with the fastest median mobile internet speed 2026
Market value of the largest internet companies worldwide 2026
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