Worldwide information and computer scientists warn that the predominant use of English on the worldwide web needs to be checked before it crowds out other languages.

They fear forms of cultural knowledge accumulated over centuries of human progress could be lost forever if nothing is done to promote other languages, apart from English and other Western languages.

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Ed: congratulations to those mentioned in the article that translated Google into Shona. It is however tragically funny that a country that shares a border with South Africa is unware of the work of Translate.org.za. Confirmation once again that the information flows are from Africa to Europe and not between Africans.