What language will overtake English?
What language will overtake English? The number of Chinese speakers online is estimated at 888.4 million, which has risen an astounding 2600% over the same time period. The Chinese language is catching up quickly and is set to overtake English in the near future. The country also has a lot of room to grow as the internet penetration rate is only 60%.
Is English growing or shrinking?
English is shrinking, and so are Spanish and Hebrew, according to a recent study on language evolution published in Scientific Reports, a primary research publication from the publishers of Nature. Using data from Google’s book digitization project, researchers analyzed 107 words in texts from the period 1800–2008.
What is the fastest changing language?
Chinese. English aside, which language has grown fastest over the past 10, 50 and 100 years in terms of speaker numbers? The answer for all three periods is Mandarin Chinese.
What language is growing the fastest?
Arabic: Don’t Underrate It
You might not realize how widely spoken Arabic already is, with about 300 million native speakers. It’s also been deemed the fastest growing language within the U.S. and even the fastest growing language on the internet.
