The 'Ghost-Town' ISO Language Digitalization Ratio
Measuring the gap between the world's documented languages and their digital presence on Wikipedia.
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Ghost-Town ISO Language Digitalization Ratio
Ratio of languages with a Wikipedia edition relative to total documented ISO languages
Total ISO Languages
Total number of language entities documented in Wikidata
Total Wikipedia Languages
Number of active Wikipedia language editions
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About this data
The 'Ghost-Town' ratio tracks the disparity between linguistic existence and digital representation. It compares the total number of languages catalogued by the ISO 639-3 standard against the number of active language editions available on Wikipedia.
By monitoring this ratio and the monthly delta of new language wikis, we can quantify how many documented languages remain digitally invisible. This provides a snapshot of the 'digital divide' facing minority and indigenous languages.
Data is derived from the official ISO 639-3 language codes and Wikipedia's own language metadata.
Sources
Every figure on this page was read from these pages.
Why this isn't published anywhere else
The search results mention 'ghost towns' in a literal geographic sense and general 'digitalization' of cities, but none track the ratio of ISO languages to digital presence/Wikipedia availability.
Uniqueness score 1.00 — assessed against live web search results when this subject was created.