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Language effect

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Connectivity gap

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Cognitive barriers

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Visual impairment

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What is the speed of light?

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In an ecosystem where searching in a certain language may generate ten times more results than another, tackling the language divide is more than just increasing the number of internet users. It is about making knowledge related to education, health, and entertainment accessible for all. It is about making communities open and inclusive. English maintains hegemony over the internet. The solution could be authomatic translation, but existing tools are still struggling to include minority languages and expressions with complex morphology.