Linguistic diversity on the Internet...

[MSmith]

> From the Scout Report
>
> *Measuring Linguistic Diversity on the Internet [pdf]*
>
> http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0014/001421/142186e.pdf
>
> From online dating to scholarly collaborations, the web facilitates 
> millions of interactions between distant groups of people every day. 
> One question recently posed by the United Nations Educational, 
> Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) was this: What languages 
> are being used in all of this online activity? A good question to be 
> sure, and this important document is the result of their lengthy 
> inquiry. Published near the end of 2005, this 106-page paper contains 
> a number of important findings about the nature of researching 
> linguistic diversity on the internet. The paper includes sections on 
> the usage of Asian and African languages on the internet, along with 
> an investigation into linguistic bias authored by John Paolillo. The 
> report is rounded out by a very thorough bibliography that will be of 
> great use to those with a detailed interest in this area. 

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