Global Population Distribution by Language
Strategic Gateways
Instead of relying on primarily English-speaking translators and Western organizations to supervise individual translation projects, advocates of new methods suggest that translation resources and initiatives should be decentralized and housed within ‘Strategic Languages’ that provide interconnections with the majority of the world’s languages.
The method recognizes scales of multilingualism, the interconnectivity of languages, and that all languages perpetually evolve.
English, Hindi, Arabic, Mandarin, French, Indonesian, Swahili, Russian, Portuguese, and Spanish are recognized as the ten most strategic “Gateway” languages, central hubs in linguistic networks.
Gateway Influence by Sub-languages
Number of languages reached by gateway language resources
Gateway Influence by Population
Number of people reached by gateway language resources
