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1. It seems that the proportion of English material on the internet is declining, but
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A exist users who can understand them.
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2. Estimates suggest
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B seem to be roughly correct.
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3. Although it is difficult to estimate how much content is in each of the major languages, these figures
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C that 25% of the world population is constantly on the move.
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4. This may be simply a time-lag – internet sites in local languages appear only when there
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D that 8–15% of web content in English represents lingua franca usage.
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5. Surveys of bilingual internet users in the USA suggest
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E that their use of English sites declines as alternatives in their first language become available.
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F that there remains more English than is proportionate to the first languages of users.
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