The Internet: A lifeboat for endangered languages? (fwd link)

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The Internet: A lifeboat for endangered languages?

Published 30 November 2011 - Updated 05 December 2011

Although the English language continues to dominate the Internet, the
rise of global economic powerhouses like China and Russia has seen a
surge in what used to be considered second-tier languages, a Brussels
conference heard last week. Meanwhile, the UN predicts that half of
the world's 6,000 languages will become extinct by the end of the
century.

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