The model has made a new run from ITU data updates. ITU changed the percentage of individuals connected to the Internet for 62 countries, using sources provided by the countries. The changes concerned only one African country (Malawi), making a…
Month: November 2024
An exhaustive study of existing methods to measure languages online and more evidences that English around 25%
COMPARISON BETWEEN DIFFERENT APPROACHES TO MEASURE PROPORTION OF LANGUAGES ON LINE AND HISTORICAL FLASHBACK So far, five different approaches have been identified of companies, universities or civil society organizations offering, as of today, figures about language’s proportion online. This study…
An alternative history of the Internet from a language perspective
Here are two short videos that survey the history of the Internet, from the perspective of languages, and with an alternative vision to the official discourse. They are two elements of a complete course of which we have just completed…
A peer-review publication says English domination on the Web a half-truth
An important milestone for OBDILCI: our article “Is it True that More Than Half of Web Contents are in English? Not If Multilingualism is Paid Due Attention!” has finally been published in the peer-reviewed Forum for Linguistic Studies. We wish…