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Domains in 12 Languages

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Web Beyond Roman Alphabet - Domains in 12 Languages
Domains in 12 Languages
 Published: Oct 16, 07
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Since the first days of the internet, it has been dominated by the English language, but a new experiment launched today could evoke the greatest change since the birth of the World Wide Web.

All web addresses have used the Roman alphabet (.com, .org, .net, etc.), no matter what the originating country or site language. That would be as awkward for us to use Asian characters, Arabic script or the Russian alphabet. We would have no idea what it meant.

The new study launched this week will “threatens to disrupt the status quo online and could change the way French-speaking and Native Canadians surf the Web,” the Globe and Mail said.

US domain regulator, ICANN, has set up 11 test sites in languages other than English.

 

 Internet users outside North America and other Western nations have been demanding this change for years. ICANN had pledged to pursue international domain names as far back as 2000, but experts say it was never seen as a top priority for the privately held, non-profit organization, which reports to the U.S. Department of Commerce. (theglobeandmail)

References:  theglobeandmail

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