Catalan seems to be rising in worldwide importance, from the 20th most important world language in 2010, to the 12th most important today. Who knew?
“Despite the fact that, based on the number of people who speak it, Catalan stands out as the language with the lowest index of the overall top fifteen, and also as the one with the lowest status in that group, other factors make it rise as an influential language . This is because Catalan has a higher index than English, French, Spanish and Russian in terms of internet penetration, based on the proportion of speakers in a language that generally use it on the internet.”
Catalan is gaining ground in the ranking of world languages, according to France
The French culture ministry's barometer places Catalan as the 12th most important language, when in 2010 it was 20th
www.elnacional.cat
