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The Python documentation is written in English, but Python is taught, learned,
and used around the world, in many languages. English is the native language
of only about 5% of the world's population, and fewer than a fifth more speak
it as an additional language [#f1]_. For many people, learning Python also
means overcoming a language barrier. They must learn not only Python, but also
enough English to be able to use the language's documentation.

The United Nations Open Source Principles call on projects both to provide
documentation and to foster inclusive participation [#f2]_. Providing
documentation only in English limits who can benefit from it and who can
participate in the wider Python community.
and used around the world, in many languages. English is the `native language
of only about 5% of the world's population

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This is the one I'm particularly concerned about, if we don't make the entire sentence a link it doesn’t quite make sense. But, that makes it quite distracting. WDYT @hugovk ?

<https://www.ethnologue.com/insights/most-spoken-language/>`__, and fewer than
a fifth more speak it as an additional language. For many people, learning
Python also means overcoming a language barrier. They must learn not only
Python, but also enough English to be able to use the language's documentation.

The `United Nations Open Source Principles
<https://opensource.un.org/en/news/united-nations-open-source-principles>`__
call on projects both to provide documentation and to foster inclusive
participation. Providing documentation only in English limits who can benefit
from it and who can participate in the wider Python community.

.. figure:: python-logo-languages.svg
:align: center
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After running ``pomerge``, review the changes and commit the updated files.
You may also need to rewrap the lines (see :pypi:`powrap`).

.. rubric:: Footnotes

.. [#f1] Ethnologue, `What is the most spoken language?
<https://www.ethnologue.com/insights/most-spoken-language/>`__
.. [#f2] `United Nations Open Source Principles
<https://opensource.un.org/en/news/united-nations-open-source-principles>`__

.. _discourse: https://discuss.python.org/c/documentation/translations/
.. _tx: https://explore.transifex.com/python-doc/python-newest/
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