like it or not, standards are developing in every country, as well as internationally. Often, it is simply the dialect/language/pronunciation used on national television news. (Germany has 'Die Umgangsprache' and Gr. Britain has the BBC, and the USA has NBC...etc..)Sometimes it is still legislated, but in a generation or two, there WILL be just a few 'standards' for internet and commerce.(I'd make a bet...but...)[heck, I may even live to see it...20-30 years in internet time will see a LOT of changes]

I sincerely hope that languages which do not become the standard will continue to be spoken and preserved for their cultural value and historical importance...(of course, the many hundred languages of Papupa-N.Guinea and Indonesia etc., will naturally dwindle, but Welsh and Navaho and Icelandic...etc., with some care ought to be around a LONG time.