http://www.plosone.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0077056
with a popular article at
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2013/12/04/how-the-internet-is-killing-the-worlds-languages/
The source article was interesting, although I'd take issue with some of
their methodology.
The WP gloss takes some liberties; in particular, the source says "The
latest (2012/02/28) publicly available version of the [SIL] database
distinguishes 7,776 languages" while the WP leaps to the conclusion that
"…at least 7,776 languages are in use in the greater offline world."
Mark <https://google.com/+MarkDavis>
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