Moreover, the program was able to recognise the singularity of languages such as Basque and Maltese.

ECONOMIST: Computers and language

One set of bookshelves was lined with dictionaries of Yoruba, Latvian, Basque, Hausa, and more than three dozen other languages.

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Originally launched in English and French versions, Netvibes has since been translated by volunteers into 50 other languages, including Chinese, Spanish, Hindi, Russian and even Catalan and Basque.

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