According to a joint study by Funredes and Union Latine, even though English is still dominant, statistics show a significant growth of Latin languages on the Internet. Between 1998 and 2001, English on the web decreased from 75% to 52%. The study focuses on a comparative study between Latin languages and English and for the first time includes German (and later will be extended to other European languages).

PERCENTAGE OF WEB PAGES BY LANGUAGE AS OF JUNE 2001:

• English 52%
  
  
• Spanish 5.7%
  
  
• French 4.6%
  
  
• Italian 3.1%
  
  
• Portuguese 2.8%
  
  
• Romanian 0.3%
  
  
• German 6.3%