[sword-devel] Web Interface
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In a message dated 2/24/2003 11:31:06 AM Pacific Standard Time,
chrislit@crosswire.org writes:
> My point was just that this site: http://www.glreach.com/globstats/
> only shows statistics for "native speakers" which I had interpreted as
> meaning "mother tongue speakers". I'm not completely clear, from their
> description of their methods, whether they count a high proficiency
> second-language speaker (like an FSI/ACTFL Reading level 5) as "native
> speaker" or not. It does look like they allow some overlap, so maybe I
> was mistaken and they do allow for this.
>
Your origional assumption is wrong. For example, if you look at the Chinese
number carefully by clicking the "21" subscript link next to the Chinese 68.4
. It tell you
(21) Chinese. There are 56.6 M people online in mainland China, according to
a report released by the <A HREF="http://www.ebusinessforum.com/index.asp?layout=rich_story&channelid=4&categoryid=30&title=China%3A+Internet+user+base+grows&doc_id=5610">The Economic Times</A> (April, 2002). Hong Kong
represents another 4.3 M (<A HREF="http://209.249.142.57/hk/web/NRpublicreports.usagemonthly">Nielsen/NetRatings</A>, Aug., 2001). One must also add
11.6 M in Taiwan (<A HREF="http://news.excite.com/news/r/010315/08/net-asia-surfers-dc">Nielsen/NetRatings</A>, March, 2001) and 2.26 M people in
Singapore online (Source: <A HREF="http://epm.netratings.com/sg/web/NRpublicreports.usagemonthly">Nielsen NetRatings</A>: Feb., 2002). <A HREF="http://www.itu.int/ITU-D/ict/statistics/at_glance/Internet01.pdf">ITU</A> estimates 5.7
M Malaysians online (Dec., 2001), where Mandarin Chinese is spoken by
one-third of the population. There are another 1.9 M <A HREF="http://cyberatlas.internet.com/big_picture/demographics/article/0,,5901_579671,00.html">Americans</A> who access the
Internet in Chinese. This gives a total of 69 M Chinese-speaking people
online.
I believe the 2.26M people in Singapore online, 5.7 M Malaysians online, and
1.9 M Americans whoc access the Internet in Chinese are all bi-lingual or
tri-lingual users.
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=3D"Arial" LANG=3D"0">In a message dated 2/24/2003 11:31:06 AM Pacific Stand=
ard Time, chrislit@crosswire.org writes:<BR>
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<BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=3DCITE style=3D"BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT=
: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px">My point was just that this sit=
e: http://www.glreach.com/globstats/<BR>
only shows statistics for "native speakers" which I had interpreted as <BR>
meaning "mother tongue speakers". I'm not completely clear, from their=
<BR>
description of their methods, whether they count a high proficiency <BR>
second-language speaker (like an FSI/ACTFL Reading level 5) as "native <BR>
speaker" or not. It does look like they allow some overlap, so maybe I=
<BR>
was mistaken and they do allow for this.<BR>
</BLOCKQUOTE><BR>
<BR>
Your origional assumption is wrong. For example, if you look at the Chinese=20=
number carefully by clicking the "21" subscript link next to the Chinese 68.=
4 <BR>
. It tell you<BR>
<BR>
(21) <B>Chinese.</B> There are 56.6 M people online in mainland China, accor=
ding to a report released by the <A HREF=3D"http://www.ebusinessforum.com/in=
dex.asp?layout=3Drich_story&channelid=3D4&categoryid=3D30&title=3DChina%3A+I=
nternet+user+base+grows&doc_id=3D5610">The Economic Times</A> (April, 2002).=
Hong Kong represents another 4.3 M (<A HREF=3D"http://209.249.142.57/hk/web=
/NRpublicreports.usagemonthly">Nielsen/NetRatings</A>, Aug., 2001). One must=
also add 11.6 M in Taiwan (<A HREF=3D"http://news.excite.com/news/r/010315/=
08/net-asia-surfers-dc">Nielsen/NetRatings</A>, March, 2001) and 2.26 M peop=
le in Singapore online (Source: <A HREF=3D"http://epm.netratings.com/sg/web/=
NRpublicreports.usagemonthly">Nielsen NetRatings</A>: Feb., 2002). <A HREF=
=3D"http://www.itu.int/ITU-D/ict/statistics/at_glance/Internet01.pdf">ITU</A=
> estimates 5.7 M Malaysians online (Dec., 2001), where Mandarin Chinese is=20=
spoken by one-third of the population. There are another 1.9 M <A HREF=3D"ht=
tp://cyberatlas.internet.com/big_picture/demographics/article/0,,5901_579671=
,00.html">Americans</A> who access the Internet in Chinese. This gives a tot=
al of 69 M Chinese-speaking people online. <BR>
<BR>
<BR>
I believe the 2.26M people in Singapore online, 5.7 M Malaysians online, and=
1.9 M Americans whoc access the Internet in Chinese are all bi-lingual or t=
ri-lingual users.<BR>
<BR>
<BR>
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