Although over 6,000 languages are currently spoken on the globe (see footnote 1), only a few of them has been properly represented in the virtual universe of the Internet. This situation we call "Digital Divide among Languages" or just "Language Digital Divide" (see footnote 2). We share the same concerns with UNESCO on this point when the latter stressing the importance of "the preservation of a balanced use of languages in cyberspace". Here, objectives of the Language Observatory Project can be stated as; 1) To raise public awareness on "Digital Divide among Languages" issues and 2) To encourage support to the processing of those languages now falling through the net.
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