The rules of linguistic evolution apply just as much online as they do face to face. The complexity and uniqueness of a language is inversely proportional to ho

The rules of linguistic evolution apply just as much online as they do face to face. The complexity and uniqueness of a language is inversely proportional to how much contact its speakers have with non-speakers, especially ones learning the language as adults. Some contact starts to grind the sharp edges off, like losing clicks. More contact begins morphing the grammar, such as changing order from subject-object-verb to subject-verb-object. Eventually they blend together, or if their populations are too uneven, one is absorbed. Ultimately you have to make a choice. Do you wall yourself off to keep foreign language from overly influencing you or do you give up a part of yourself to join the conversation? Anecdotally, the working class people I've talked to care a lot more about the opportunities they get from learning English than they do about preserving the legacy of their language.