English speakers still outnumber Chinese speakers online, but the gap is closing fast, and Beijing has banned foreign words in publications without a Chinese translation.
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David Crystal says the web did not accelerate language change so much as expose it, and the texting panic collapses once you count the words.
Arabic web users grew 2,000% and Chinese is overtaking English online. How Google Translate and human projects like Meedan are keeping the web readable.