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Tuesday, May 28, 2002
http://www.nua.ie/surveys/analysis/weekly_editorial.html Mind your language - First Language English Speakers Minority Online Charlie Taylor As a native English speaker I've always been intrigued about a whole side of the Net that remains alien to me. Despite the fact that I spend many hours online and am constantly coming across new and exciting websites, the majority of these tend to be written in English and are therefore easy to understand. However, whenever I stumble upon a website written in a foreign language I can't help but wonder what topics they're covering... The reason I've been wondering about this is that a new study conducted by Global Reach indicates that non-English speakers now outnumber native English speakers in terms of online users. According to the study findings, around 59.8 percent of the total world online population come from non-English speaking zones. English speakers still account for 40.2 percent of all Internet users, however the number of Chinese speakers online has increased by 1 percent to reach a total of 9.8 percent, while the number of Japanese speakers has increased by 0.3 percent to reach 9.2 percent....
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