According to Wikipedia—and in this case I choose not to disbelieve it—about 8-10M people speak (and implicitly use) Quechua, the ancient language of South America.
Like other Native American languages, software support (inter alia) is lacking. However, the regions where Quechua prevails is also where national bodies have expressed interest in open source and even OpenOffice: Peru, Bolivia, Ecuador, to name but three. Do we have a current localization effort for Quechua (or for that matter, for other Native American languages? I once tried getting this going; but that was too early in the game.) I don't know if there is an interest here, on this list, for a Quechua localization. I do have contacts in those regions and they may be able to shed some light on whatever resources could be brought to bear, if there is interest. Certainly, I believe there *ought* to be interest, as having a productivity tool like AOO would make, as a start, the use of ICT easier. -louis --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
