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A couple of years ago I posted an update on The Most Common Language In Each US State—Besides English And Spanish; now WordFinderX has a new version , with a somewhat updated national map (German seems to be spreading) and more granular maps showing the West (Hindi in Fremont), the Southwest (Tagalog in Gilbert), the Midwest (Swahili in Fargo), the Southeast (Tamil in Winston-Salem), the Northeast (Greek in Wilmington), and New York City (as impressive a spread as you might imagine, with Staten Island featu

The Economist’s language columnist Johnson joins the discussion of AI that’s been roiling the online world:

More and more people are using simple, free tools, not only to decode text but also to speak. With these apps’ conversation mode, you talk into a phone and a spoken translation is heard moments later; the app can also listen for another language and produce a translation in yours.

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