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Oops, we did it again

30 Nov 2005 3:01 AM
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I could not resist the Brittney Spears reference, sorry!

But there is yet another Language Interface Pack, this one for Nepali!

A tiny little bit of info about the Nepali language:

Nepali (sometimes also referred to as "Nepalese") is the official language of Nepal where it is spoken by roughly half the population as a mother tongue and by about 2 million people as a second language. It is related to Hindi but has borrowed less words from Persian and English (instead using more Sanskrit derivations) and it has been influenced by the neighboring Tibeto-Burman languages.

Very cool!

 

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  • 30 Nov 2005 5:28 AM
    This is just great news. In countries like India/Nepal language along with cost are the primary blockers for computer adoption. Right now here in India we are at the verge of a massive wave in which computers reach into remote areas. With Post-offices/rural-Banks setting up Kiosks in small towns and remote districts, local language support in the interfaces become super-important.

    The importance of language packs are also supported by the sheer number. For example my mother language Bengali or Bangla (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bengali) is the fourth or fifth most widely spoken language in the world with over 200 million native speakers.

    Currently Windows and other MS products like Word, Outlook work like a charm with Bangla and I feel really happy when I get to send emails in my native language which was not possible even couple of years ago. I have worked in the internationization team in Adobe working on a product called FrameMaker and I know the pain of developing libraries like Uniscribe and ICU...

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  • Jonas Grumby
    30 Nov 2005 12:42 PM
    total nitpick, but if you're quoting from an official write-up you might care: should be "but has borrowed fewer words".
  • Mihai
    30 Nov 2005 2:19 PM
    And at some point I stumbled on a web page (on the MS web site) listing even more LIPs.
    And the following languages where marked "Windows Language Interface Pack Available Soon":
    Afrikaans
    Bengali
    Bosnian
    Georgian
    Kannada
    Konkani
    Malayalam
    Maltese
    Maori
    Sepedi (Northern Sotho)
    Norwegian (Nynorsk)
    Punjabi
    Quechua
    Telugu
    Tswana
    Urdu
    Xhosa
    Zulu

    Nepali was not even there, but is out :-)
    Again, cool!
  • Britney Spears #1 Fan
    30 Nov 2005 2:32 PM
    You mis-spelled Britney!!!
  • 30 Nov 2005 4:50 PM
    I misspelled Brittney's name?

    Oops, I did it again!

    :-)
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    6 Feb 2006 3:27 AM
    You'd think we were at a Rolling Stones concert or something!
    I do love to talk about those Language...
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    5 Mar 2006 5:48 PM
    Yes, that is right, the Swahili Language Interface Pack is now available! :-)
    Some info about Swahili:...
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    16 Mar 2006 5:48 AM
    Not since We're drowning in LIPs!, Microsoft, you giving us some LIP?, Let there be LIPs, and Oops, we...
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    16 Mar 2006 3:47 PM
    This one may not be funnier than We're drowning in LIPs!, Microsoft, you giving us some LIP?,...
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    6 Apr 2006 3:08 AM
    There have been several posts about LIPs in the past on this blog.
    There was We're drowning in LIPs!,...
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    16 May 2006 3:06 PM
    You may have thought it was over. I mean, at some point there was a break after there was We're drowning...
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    22 Jun 2006 3:38 PM
    Here we go again!
    In the fine spirit of previous posts such as We're drowning in LIPs!, Microsoft, you...
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    23 Jun 2006 4:56 PM
    Well even if they have to go across the border to find people who grow beets, they do have LIPs now.......
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    27 Jun 2006 7:04 AM
    You know the drill, if you have seen any of these other previous posts:
    We're drowning in LIPs!
    Microsoft,...
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    1 Jul 2006 10:44 AM
    In a response to my Channel 9 appearance, drloc asked:

    Dear Michael, Can ya plz tell ma about...
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