| Beneficiaries
of the rapid advancements in ICT (Information and
Communication Technologies) are those communities
which communicate and access over internet in their
languages. Other communities lag behind. Digital
divide is sprawling. Latin alphabet users, 39% of
the global population, consume 72% of world writing
paper, and enjoy 84% of access to the Internet.
Hanzi users in China, Japan and Korea, are 22% of
global population; they consume 25% of paper and
have 13% of internet access. Arabic scripts users
: 9% of global population, consume 5% of paper and
have 1.2% of internet access. Civil script users
: 5% of global population, consume 1.1% of paper
and have 1.6% of internet access. Brahmi-origin
(including Indic) scripts users in southeast Asia
occupy 22% of global population, consume 2.2% of
paper and have just 0.3% of internet access.more.....
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