Facebook helps protect native tongue (fwd link)

[Phillip E Cash Cash]

*Facebook helps protect native tongue*

AFP
August 05, 2012 5:22AM

GUATEMALA'S Kakchiquel speakers will now be able to access Facebook in
their own language thanks to a new application developed by US software
engineers.

Facebook is available in more than 70 languages from around the world
including Spanish, which is widely spoken in Guatemala, but not in any
language used by indigenous Guatemalan populations, US software engineer
Robert Henderson told the Prensa Libre daily.

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