[Air-l] Languages on the Internet - air-l Digest, Vol 20, Issue 28

[Michel J. Menou]

For those interested in this "controversial" subject, the Funredes 
Foundation maintains an observatory of languages and culture on the Internet
http://funredes.org/lc/index.html
It developed an original measurement methodology and was a major 
contributor to the recent UNESCO study that was mentioned in an earlier 
message
> Furthermore, you might want to look at the following UNESCO
> report on measuring Linguistic Diversity on the Internet:
> http://portal.unesco.org/ci/en/ev.php-URL_ID=20804&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html
As to quote of Prof. Crystal mentioned by Alex Kuskis
> "Every significant cultural innovation of modern times - from the invention
> of the radio, to the Internet, to air traffic control - began in an
> English-speaking country or was immediately facilitated by an
> English-speaking country. It really is amazing."
it is sort of ... hum, symptomatic of the kind of cultural chauvinism 
human kind would be well inspired to keep away from.
Note the absence of a mention of television and a few other things.

Michel Menou



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