My OperaSpanish needs a push
Wednesday, February 22, 2006 7:48:21 PM
There are several sources pointing out the Spanish language as one of the most spoken languages in the world. Actual numbers vary if you take into account native speakers only or any speakers worldwide. In any case the language of Cervantes is always among the four or five most spoken languages in the world.
In spite of this, Wikipedia's Spanish version has less articles than many other versions in other languages. As a matter of fact, the Spanish version is the tenth in number of articles, according to Wikipedia's homepage, lagging behind German, Swedish, French, Polish, Japanese, Italian, Portuguese and Dutch. Except English, all the other languages above Spanish are not as widely spoken nowadays in the world. Except Portuguese, none of them get even close.
Clearly this criteria roughly reflects the current distribution of wealth, power and levels of development in the world. It is a reflection of Spanish's position in the Internet of today. How sad is for me that a language as beautiful and rich is so poorly represented in this wonderful free encyclopedia and in the Internet as a whole. My native language needs a push. Or better yet, our countries need a push.
In spite of this, Wikipedia's Spanish version has less articles than many other versions in other languages. As a matter of fact, the Spanish version is the tenth in number of articles, according to Wikipedia's homepage, lagging behind German, Swedish, French, Polish, Japanese, Italian, Portuguese and Dutch. Except English, all the other languages above Spanish are not as widely spoken nowadays in the world. Except Portuguese, none of them get even close.
Clearly this criteria roughly reflects the current distribution of wealth, power and levels of development in the world. It is a reflection of Spanish's position in the Internet of today. How sad is for me that a language as beautiful and rich is so poorly represented in this wonderful free encyclopedia and in the Internet as a whole. My native language needs a push. Or better yet, our countries need a push.
Anonymous # Wednesday, February 22, 2006 10:31:56 PM