Language is a powerful vehicle to show one's identity. Through language, people see what he is and whom he belongs to. Internet is no longer exclusive to Americans but has been overwhelming worldwide. On the internet people expose themselves through language. At the beginning the common language on the internet is English. It seems that it is the most effective updated tool for civilization; to the spread of English shows its owner's powerful reach to the world.
However huge the strength of the powerful over dominates the weak, it won't stop the latter to struggle for freedom. People do not want to lose their language and so their distinctive identities. They see the threat of the raising use of English on the internet as to demolish their native languages. Therefore they struggle to put their language on the internet. They start building web pages using their languages, even managing to use their own language as language of instructions. This is not a tough thing to do by western countries but most ASIAN countries are still struggling to make it.
By using own native language, people start sharing their culture, habits, what their countries have and so many things worth to share. This can help them to promote their countries too. However, this free sharing information worldwide grows a big concern that people's distinctive cultures and so are no longer special because they're given freely. It is an assumption that something which is given freely is no longer valued worth and so losing their essential valuable special meanings.
However huge the strength of the powerful over dominates the weak, it won't stop the latter to struggle for freedom. People do not want to lose their language and so their distinctive identities. They see the threat of the raising use of English on the internet as to demolish their native languages. Therefore they struggle to put their language on the internet. They start building web pages using their languages, even managing to use their own language as language of instructions. This is not a tough thing to do by western countries but most ASIAN countries are still struggling to make it.
By using own native language, people start sharing their culture, habits, what their countries have and so many things worth to share. This can help them to promote their countries too. However, this free sharing information worldwide grows a big concern that people's distinctive cultures and so are no longer special because they're given freely. It is an assumption that something which is given freely is no longer valued worth and so losing their essential valuable special meanings.
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