Though the Internet boasts users from dozens of countries, the alphabet is dominant, as is the English language -- a legacy of the Net's North American origins.

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Again the work history has an overlap: During the same time that she was working for KIT Fortis, her profile says that she had founded her current venture, Russian-language real estate listing search engine Domdot.ru (domdot.net for curious English speakers).

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"The Net is inspiring a serious push in Asian language computing, " says Bala Pillai, a Malaysian-born, Sydney-based Internet strategist.

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