A team of linguists and software engineers from Asuncion National University has translated Mozilla’s Firefox browser into Guarani, marking the first time a native Latin American language is included in this type of technology.
The project required two years of work and the translation of 45,000 words to complete the test version of Firefox in Guarani, named Aguaratata, which any user will be able to download and try.
The final version of Aguaratata will be ready in six weeks, the team said. More.
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I see that they translated it into Guarani, but did they also translate it into an "Indian" language like the headline reads? If so, I wonder which one...Hindi?...Bengali?...Tamil?....etc.
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I think they meant "Indigenous" language. A common mistake.
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Probably they also taught the local natives the languages they spoke, mainly Sanskrit, and the modern Latin American languages are derived from this language.
So in terms of this legend, it would be correct to call the Latin American languages as "Indian" languages, as they are probably offsprings of Sanskrit.
How Indian languages have travelled around the world is indeed remarkable. For example, few people know that Persian, German and many other Slav languages are of Indian origin, as the Aryans from the Indus river travelled from the Punjab and settled those areas and took their languages with them.
Tell-tale indications of this can be found even today, not only in the stray words that German and Sanskrit share, but also in symbols like the swastika, which was commandeered by Hitler for his Nazi purpose. In India, the origin of the Swastika symbol, it is still to be found in its original, exalted meaning as a sacred religious symbol of the Hindus.
The language of the Rig-veda and the Avesta are strikingly similar, although the current Persian has been largely arabized after Islam spread into Persia.
The Romas of Europe are another case. They were a Rajput clan from India who migrated to Europe almost 2,000 years ago. It is striking that the numerals from one to ten in the Roma language are exactly the same as the numerals in Hindi - ek, do, teen, char, paanch, etc.
The Romas today are much persecuted in Europe like the Jews of yore, but they have managed to retain some vestiges of their Indian culture and traditions.
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In the Mahabharata, after Yudhishtra the senior Pandava brother lost the chess game and had to spent twelve years in exile and one year incognito, the five Pandava brothers travelled to various parts of the globe hiding from their cousins, the Kauravas, to whom they had lost the game, with the aim of evading recognition. Legend has it that they spent some time in Latin American countries, and the Mayan, Inca, Azetec and other civilizations were founded by them while they were there.
Probably they also taught the local natives the languages they spoke, mainly Sanskrit, and the modern Latin American languages are derived from this language.
So in terms of this legend, it would be correct to call the Latin American languages as "Indian" languages, as they are probably offsprings of Sanskrit....
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Cool story! Personally, I find the notion of pre-columbian contact with the Americas quite interesting. If I'm not mistaken, some hypothetical cases have become accepted as historical fact (e.g. the Vikings), so you never know...perhaps there is a grain of truth to the legend. But still...I don't think the editor of this article had any of this in mind when allowing the headline to be published...
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The newspapers seem to have a great tolerance about errors.
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was considered as news.
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On the other hand, the confusing title did generate a click from me, so maybe the editor was just doing his job.
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On the other hand, the confusing title did generate a click from me, so maybe the editor was just doing his job.
Beware of styleguides.
P.S. And just to be fair: "The Guardian" has plenty of oddities from the opposite political camp (I'm not picking on Fox). ▲ Collapse
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