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Here you will see the results of all the statistics realised throughout
this study, as well as a summary of all the data picked up since 1998:
Presence and evolution of the Latin languages in the Network
Relation between the number of speaking and its presence in the Network
Vitality of the production of information of the internauts by language
Conclusions and perspective for the future
Presence and evolution of the Latin languages in the Network
Relative results
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RELATIVE PRESENCE ON THE WEB WITH RESPECT TO ENGLISH |
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For
100 pages in english: |
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spanish |
french |
italian |
portuguese |
romanian |
german |
| sep-98 |
3,37
% |
3,75
% |
2,00
% |
1,09
% |
0,20
% |
5,00
% |
| ago-00 |
8,41
% |
7,33
% |
4,60
% |
3,95
% |
0,37
% |
11,00
% |
| ago-01 |
11,24
% |
9,13
% |
6,15
% |
5,57
% |
0,35
% |
13,74
% |
| feb-02 |
11,80
% |
9,60
% |
6,51
% |
5,62
% |
0,33
% |
14,41
% |
| feb-03 |
10,83
% |
8,82
% |
5,28
% |
4,55
% |
0,23
% |
13,87
% |
| may-04 |
10,19
% |
10,64
% |
6,15
% |
4,02
% |
0,31
% |
15,37
% |
| mar-05 |
10,23
% |
11,00
% |
6,77
% |
4,15
% |
0,37% |
15,42
% |
Evolution of the Latin languages and the German in the network
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PROGRESSION OF
% OF PAGES WEB BY LANGUAGE WITH RESPECT TO ENGLISH |
| spanish |
french |
italian |
portuguese |
romanian |
german |
| progression
01-03 |
2,07
% |
4,79
% |
5,53
% |
0,18
% |
-9,09
% |
2,30
% |
| progression
02-03 |
-7,11
% |
-8,84
% |
-23,30
% |
-23,52
% |
-43,48
% |
-3,89
% |
| progression
03-04 |
-6,28
% |
17,11
% |
14,15
% |
-13,18
% |
25,81
% |
9,76
% |
| progression
03-05 |
-5,87
% |
19,82
% |
22,01
% |
-9,64
% |
37,84
% |
10,05
% |
| progression
04-05 |
0,39
% |
3,27
% |
9,16
% |
3,13
% |
16,22
% |
0,32
% |
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| progression
98-05 |
67,06
% |
65,91
% |
70,46
% |
73,73
% |
45,95
% |
67,57
% |
| progression
00-05 |
17,79
% |
33,36
% |
32,05
% |
4,82
% |
0,00
% |
28,66
% |
| progression
02-05 |
-13,39
% |
12,73
% |
3,84% |
-35,42
% |
10,81
% |
6,55
% |
Absolute results
From the relative numbers obtained by FUNREDES, of other factors such as
the number of internauts by language, a parallel intersection with the preceding results, as well as studies,
is determined the absolute distribution of the English, the Latin languages and the German in Internet. The
results can be considered more or less worthy of confidence with a margin of 10%.
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ABSOLUTPRESENCE
OF WEB PAGES BY LANGUAGE |
english |
spanish |
french |
italian |
portuguese |
romanian |
german |
rest |
TOTAL |
| 09-98 |
75,00
% |
2,53
% |
2,81
% |
1,50
% |
0,82
% |
0,15
% |
3,75
% |
13,44
% |
100
% |
| 08-00 |
60,00
% |
5,05
% |
4,40
% |
2,76
% |
2,37
% |
0,22
% |
3,00
% |
22,20
% |
100
% |
| 08-01 |
55,00
% |
5,20
% |
4,34
% |
2,71
% |
2,44
% |
0,18
% |
6,29
% |
25,45
% |
100
% |
| 02-02 |
50,00
% |
5,80
% |
4,80
% |
3,26
% |
2,81
% |
0,17
% |
7,21
% |
25,97
% |
100
% |
| 02-03 |
49,00
% |
5,31% |
4,32
% |
2,59
% |
2,23
% |
0,11
% |
6,80
% |
29,65
% |
100
% |
| 05-04 |
46,30
% |
4,72
% |
4,93
% |
2,85
% |
1,86
% |
0,14
% |
7,12
% |
32,09
% |
100
% |
| 03-05 |
45,00
% |
4,60
% |
4,95
% |
3,05
% |
1,87
% |
0,17
% |
6,94
% |
33,43
% |
100
% |
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| APPROX.
+/- 20 % |
45,00
% |
4,50
% |
5,00
% |
3,00
% |
2,00
% |
0,15
% |
7,00
% |
35,00
% |
100
% |
Doubtlessly, the values of absolute presence are not a perfect indicator of
the force of a language in the networks. In order to obtain a significant result, must provide the
values that express the presence of the languages in Internet in correlation with their presence in the real
world. The relative presence of these languages is calculated without totally considering the factor
of "plurilingualism".
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AVERAGE PRESENCE *
|
english |
spanish |
french |
italian |
portuguese |
romanian |
german |
rest |
| 09-98 |
7,14 |
0,40
|
1,30
|
1,50
|
0,26
|
0,30
|
1,88
|
0,18
|
| 08-00 |
5,71 |
0,81 |
2,03 |
2,76 |
3,95
|
0,44
|
1,50
|
0,30
|
| 08-01 |
4,86 |
0,92 |
2,15 |
3,14 |
5,57
|
0,36
|
3,50
|
0,34
|
| 02-02 |
4,76 |
0,93 |
2,22 |
3,26 |
0,89 |
0,33
|
3,60
|
0,35
|
| 02-03 |
4,67 |
0,85 |
1,99 |
2,59 |
0,70 |
0,23
|
3,40
|
0,40
|
| 05-04 |
4,41 |
0,75 |
2,27 |
2,85 |
0,59 |
0,29
|
3,56
|
0,43
|
| 03-05 |
4,29 |
0,74 |
2,28 |
3,05 |
0,59 |
0,33
|
3,47
|
0,45
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*This valor corresponds to a normalization of the presence. An equal
quotient to 1 must consider like a result “normal”
; if it is inferior to 1, like “weak”
and if it is superior to 1, like “respectable”
Relation between the number of speaking and its presence in the Network
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INTERNET USERS
BY LANGUAGE |
english |
spanish |
french |
italian |
portuguese |
romanian |
german |
Total
mundial |
Total
internet users 2005 (milliones) |
300 |
80 |
49 |
42 |
38 |
4,4 |
71 |
1 100 |
%
internet users 2005 |
27,3
% |
7,3
% |
4,5
% |
3,8
% |
3,5
% |
0,4
% |
6,5
% |
100
% |
| Internet users
% of worldwidwe population |
5 % |
1,3
% |
0,8
% |
0,7
% |
06,6
% |
0,1
% |
1,2
% |
18,3
% |
Internet users
% of speakers |
47,6
% |
21,3
% |
37,7
% |
70 % |
20 % |
14,7
% |
59,2
% |
18,3
% |
aaaaa |
speakers
(millions) source : Latin Union |
630 |
375 |
130 |
60 |
190 |
30 |
120 |
6 000 |
%
of speakers |
10,5% |
6,3
% |
2,2
% |
1
% |
3,2
% |
0,5
% |
2
% |
100
% |
ccc
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speakers
(millions) Source : GlobalReach |
508 |
332 |
72 |
57 |
170 |
30 |
98 |
6 400 |
%
of speakers |
7,9
% |
5,2
% |
1,1
% |
0,9
% |
2,7
% |
0,5
% |
1,5
% |
100
% |
Vitality of the production of information of the internet
users by language
If we make a relation between the maternal language or second
language of the users of Internet and the amount of pages produced by these communities,is obtained
an estimation on the productivity of the speakers of Latin languages.
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INTERNET USERS
BY LANGUAGE (millions) |
english |
spanish |
french |
italian |
portuguese |
romanian |
german |
rest |
total |
| 09-98 |
86,3 |
1,8 |
2,8 |
1,8 |
0,8 |
- |
5,5 |
43,8 |
142,5 |
| 08-00 |
177,3 |
18,3 |
14,7 |
11,3
|
8,7 |
- |
19,3 |
56,2 |
305,8 |
| 08-01 |
218 |
30,3 |
17,7 |
17,3 |
13 |
0,6
|
32 |
154,1 |
483 |
| 02-02 |
231,5 |
37,5 |
18 |
20,7 |
14,8 |
2,3
|
38 |
184,8 |
545,3
|
| 02-03 |
230 |
47,2 |
26 |
24 |
19 |
2,3
|
42 |
232,5 |
623 |
| 05-04 |
284,7 |
67,7 |
33 |
28,6
|
28,5 |
2,4
|
56,8 |
315,8 |
817 |
| 03-05 |
288,3
|
70,4
|
43,8
|
37,9
|
34,5
|
2,4 |
65,8 |
464,8 |
1007,3
|
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PERCENTAGE
OF INTERNET USERS BY LANGUAGE (source : Global
Reach) |
english |
spanish |
french |
italian |
portuguese |
romanian |
german |
rest |
total |
| 09-98 |
60,5
% |
1,2
% |
1,9
% |
1,2
% |
0,5
% |
- |
3,9
% |
30,7
% |
100
% |
| 08-00 |
58,0% |
6,0
% |
4,8
% |
4,60
% |
2,8
% |
- |
6,3
% |
18,4
% |
100
% |
| 08-01 |
45,1% |
6,3
% |
3,7
% |
6,15
% |
2,7
% |
0,1
% |
6,6
% |
31,9
% |
100
% |
| 02-02 |
42,5
% |
6,9
% |
3,3
% |
6,51% |
2,7
% |
0,4
% |
7,0
% |
33,9
% |
100
% |
| 02-03 |
36,9
% |
7,6
% |
4,2
% |
5,28
% |
3,0
% |
0,4
% |
6,7
% |
37,3
% |
100
% |
| 05-04 |
34,8
% |
8,3
% |
4,0
% |
6,15
% |
3,5
% |
0,3
% |
6,9
% |
38,6
% |
100
% |
| 03-05 |
28,6
% |
7,0
% |
4,3
% |
3,8
% |
3,4
% |
0,2
% |
6,5
% |
46,1
% |
100
% |
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PRODUCTIVITY
OF SPEAKERS BY LANGUAGE |
english |
spanish |
french |
italian |
portuguese |
ruumano |
german |
rest |
total |
| 09-98 |
1,24 |
2,06 |
1,46 |
1,22 |
1,55 |
- |
0,97 |
0,38 |
1 |
| 08-00 |
1,03 |
0,84 |
0,92 |
0,74 |
0,84 |
- |
0,47 |
0,97 |
1 |
| 08-01 |
1,13 |
0,91 |
1,27 |
0,87 |
1,06 |
- |
1,06 |
0,74 |
1 |
| 02-02 |
1,18 |
0,84 |
1,45 |
0,86 |
1,03 |
- |
1,03 |
0,71 |
1 |
| 02-03 |
1,33 |
0,70 |
1,04 |
0,67 |
0,73 |
0,31 |
1,01 |
0,57 |
1 |
| 05-04 |
1,33 |
0,57 |
1,22 |
0,81 |
0,53 |
0,49 |
1,02 |
0,56 |
1 |
| 03-05 |
1,57 |
0,66
|
1,14 |
0,81 |
0,55 |
0,70 |
1,06 |
0,47 |
1 |
| PRODUCTIVITY
OF INTERNET USERS 2005 |
|
Páginas |
Internet users |
P/I |
english |
45 % |
27,3
% |
1,57 |
spanish |
4,6
% |
7,3
% |
0,66 |
french |
4,95
% |
4,5
% |
1,14 |
italian |
3,05
% |
3,8
% |
0,81 |
portuguese |
1,87
% |
3,5
% |
0,55 |
romanian |
0,17
% |
0,4
% |
0,70 |
german |
6,94
% |
6,5
% |
1,06 |
Conclusions
Since 1998 to 2005, english has lost weight in percentages (not in absolute numbers), going down from 75% to 45%
with respect to the presence of the other languages in the Web.
Although the number of Latin languages-speakers is superior to the number of English-speakers
(near 780 million against 630 million), the percentage of Latin-speakers with access to the Internet is
inferior to the number of English-speaking internet users(215 million against 300 million).
The productivity of Latin-speaking in the Web is inferior to the English-speaking (1,57). In the
Latins the French-speaking stand out (1,14), whereas the productivity of the other Latin-speakers is :
Spanish-speaking (0,66), Italian-speaking (0,81), portuguese-speaking (0,55) and romanian-speaking (0,70)
Perspectives for the Future
A evolution of the Latin languages is observed;
however, they could have a greater presence.
The presence of the regional Latin languages in the Web is limited; only one voluntary policy
in the matter of linguistic and cultural diversity will be able to contribute to its development.
He would be advisable to stimulate the use of Internet in Latin-speaking countries, in order to balance his
presence in the Web in agreement with his density.
The Latin cooperation can play an important role in this motivation.
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