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The changing face of America

Surprising news today from the US Census Bureau that Hispanics will account for 30% of the US population by 2050, a twofold increase. According BBC News:

White people of European descent will no longer make up a majority of the US population by the year 2042 – eight years sooner than previous estimates.

What will this mean for the evolution of English? The fascinating language-contact phenomenon of ‘Spanglish’ (the language, rather than the film of the same name) is already the subject of linguistic research and attempts have been made to capture it in dictionaries; perhaps with even more speakers in the future it will grow to be regarded by all as a modern language in its own right.