1. Towards a multilingual cyberspace Daniel Prado Executiv Secretary of Maaya – Global Network for Linguistic Diversity d.prado@maaya.org www.maaya.org 1

2. contact@maayajo.org Linguistic divide Between 50% and 80% languages : risk 70 major languages spoken by 94 % mankind. 70 % of the languages of the wordl spoken in only 20 countries, the less favoured economically 2

3. contact@maayajo.org 98% of languages ​​ that cover emotional and local needs. ~ 150 languages ​​ would have the protection or eve of a public entity (2005 est.) Between 6/7 and 9/10 languages ​​ are not written Linguistic divide 3

4. contact@maayajo.org Comparative number of languages ​​ and number of speakers 4 5700

5. contact@maayajo.org Extrapolé des statistiques de l’International Publishers Association (IPA) 5

6. contact@maayajo.org ISSN Scientific publishing, patents Diverses sources 6

7. contact@maayajo.org International Organizations UE - ONU 7

8. contact@maayajo.org Daniel Prado, Mesa-redonda "Tradução e Linguagem Especializada" ago. 2010 Translation langue cible source language source language 8

9. contact@maayajo.org Diverses sources (2007) 9

10. contact@maayajo.org The internet in 1996 10

11. contact@maayajo.org Presence of languages ​​ in the web between 1998 and 2007 (in percentages) Funredes – Union latine 11

12. contact@maayajo.org Presence of languages ​​ in targeted areas (not the entire Web!) Percentage (estimates 2010) 12

13. contact@maayajo.org 2010 study on different uses and spaces Areas studied: Wikipédia, W3counter data, Tweeter, WordPress, Facebook, Skype, Technorati stats, VoIP, P2P ESA study, Second Life, LiveJournal, LinkedIn, YouTube, Google, Yahoo, MSN, Bing, Flickr, Rapidshare, Megaupload, etc. Of course, large differences between areas as cultural aspects have an impact on the use (eg IP telephony) Pimienta-Prado - Blanco 13

14. contact@maayajo.org Wikipedia Probably the most multilingual web tool. Transparent, especially in languages ​​ : http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Liste_des_Wikipédias ◦285 language versions of Wikipedia ◦Total number of items available: 24 226 172 ◦Number of users (editors): 38 329 070 ◦Images: 2 042 510 (february 2013) 14

15. contact@maayajo.org 15 first languages in Wikipedia 15

16. contact@maayajo.org The Internet after 2007 Cyberespace « invisible » In 2012? Worldwidewebsize.com - Pimienta- Greffenstette - Pouzin 16

17. contact@maayajo.org Number of domaines names (ICANN) 625 330 000 Non ICANN (Chine, Russie, OpenRoot, The Commonwealth, Ligue des Nations indiennes d’Amérique, etc.) ??? Sites considered "actives" and without duplicates 186 900 000 Web indexé (5-10 %) Linguistic stats relatively reliable 1 000 000 W3tech.com – (basé sur Alexa.com) www.worldwidewebsize.com Pimienta - Pouzin – Greffenstette – etc. Netcraft - news.netcraft.com OpenRoot www.open-root.eu November 2012 17

18. contact@maayajo.org Indexed Web (5-10 %) w3Tech.com / Alexa Other digital areas 18

19. contact@maayajo.org Internet World Stats (basé sur Nielsen – UIT et autres) 19

20. contact@maayajo.org Internet World Stats (basé sur Nielsen – UIT et autres) 20

21. contact@maayajo.org Eurobarometer 2012 55% of European Internet users consulted in another language (in addition to their own) and 35% actively used. 9/10 users said they prioritize their language if the information was available. 44% lost a lot of information because of the linguistic fact (> 51% in Romania, Bulgaria, Portugal, Cyprus, Spain and Greece) Étude Eurobaromètre - février 2011 Trends change? 21

22. contact@maayajo.org Le commerce et la compétitivité s’invitent… British Council concerned about the monolingualism of English people and their lack of competitiveness in the European labor market U.S. administration (and European always) promotes language technology because "> 60% of consumers in the industrialized world buy native language" Translation and localization are the watchwords Language industries 10% annual growth 22

23. contact@maayajo.org 35 language of the Web 1 million top-ranked websites http://w3techs.com Languages in Endangerded languages - Google Google Scholar (10) Twitter (30) * Google linguistic tools (recognition - translation) ~ 70 Facebook (70-78 linguistic versions ) * Windows(100) Wiktionnaire (144 interfaces, 61 languages > 10.000 words) Wikipedia (285) 117 avec > 10 000 art. Net.lang: http://net-lang.net 23

24. contact@maayajo.org Comparison Internet linguistic diversity Net.lang: http://net-lang.net

25. contact@maayajo.org Langues « visibles » sur l’Internet Languages ​​ well represented Languages ​​ partially present Very poor attendance Punctual presence Languages ​​ referenced: Atlas of Endangered Languages ​​ (UNESCO) Endangered Languages ​​ (Google) Sorosoro Linguasphere Ethnologue Etc.. 25

26. contact@maayajo.org o Web 1.0 seems to be for languages ​​ "equipped", reflects the presence of languages ​​ in knowledge. o English is pourcentuellement reduced in the Internet, but only 10-15 languages ​​ really benefit, at least in the Web 1.0 o The digitization of books and the existing literature on the digital divide grows o Other (written) languages ​​ can take place but need to reduce the textual gap Evolution http://net-lang.net 26

27. contact@maayajo.org Evolution o Web 2.0 seem to change this situation (see Arab revolutions) and languages ​​ less equipped invest this space. o The audio-visual ​​ could encourage less present languages, in particular the so-called "not written" o But of course, access is not not enough: digital literacy is essential and new tools (mobile and audiovisual) fundamentals. o If languages ​​ "resume the value" vis-à-vis their speakers, cyberspace may become a more "fair" space linguistically. http://net-lang.net 27

28. http://www.maaya.org contact@maayajo.org 28

29. contact@maayajo.org Proposes the main issues of multilingualism in cyberspace and equitable representation of languages ​​ in the information society. Support of UNESCO, Union latine, ANLoc, IDRC, Francophonie 27 articles by 27 authors from a dozen countries (four continents) Bilingual edition FR-EN. Free digital editions (PDF, ePub). Net.Lang – Towards a multilingual cyberspace http://net-lang.net 29

30. contact@maayajo.org 30 Maaya – principales actions Global congress on specialized translation (La Havane 2008) International Forum on multilingualism (Bamako 2009) 30

31. contact@maayajo.org 31 Maaya – principales actions First, Second and Third Symposium on Multilingualism in Cyberspace (2009 Barcelona, Brasilia, 2011, Paris 2012) Cooperation in the 1st and 2nd International Conference on Language and Cultural Diversity in Cyberspace (Yakutsk - Russia 2011) - With the IFAP 31

32. contact@maayajo.org Towards a World Summit on linguistic diversity and multilingualism Decision of the second international conference on linguistic and cultural diversity in cyberspace Yakutsk Meeting of Experts and consultations in various regions of the world Ministerial Conference on Multilingualism Proposed a draft resolution for the World Summit on Multilingualism. Possible creation of a commission to prepare a report on multilingualism Thematic meetings and regional conferences Summit preparation World Summit on Multilingualism 32

33. Towards a multilingual cyberspace Daniel Prado Executiv Secretary of Maaya – Global Network for Linguistic Diversity d.prado@maaya.org www.maaya.org 33