Language on the Net: What We've Got Here Is a Failure to Communicate

Because of the prevalence of English on the Internet, as well as language technology such as speech recognition and translation software, smaller languages may be falling by the wayside, according to a recent study. Languages such as Icelandic, Latvian and Lithuanian don't have enough speakers to gain traction as popular languages on the Web, and even German, Italian, Spanish and French could be at risk.

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