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Write ONE WORD AND/OR A NUMBER for each answer.
The impact of digital technology on the Icelandic language
The Icelandic language
- around 1. people speak it
- its 2. continues to expand
it has altered very little over roughly a thousand years
- it has separate terms for digital ideas, including web browser and 3.
Young speakers
- make extensive use of devices such as 4.
- are rapidly becoming 5.
- sometimes hold conversations entirely in English in the school 6.
- can describe what appears in a 7. more easily in English than in Icelandic
Technology and internet companies
- provide limited Icelandic content because the market is small and the language's 8. is highly complex
The Icelandic government
has created a fund to increase the amount of Icelandic digital material
expects the language to remain secure
- fears that young people could lose their Icelandic 9.
- is concerned that children may not become 10. in either Icelandic or English
. . .