Microsoft Speaks Quechua

Microsoft launched the Quechua versions of its best-selling products Windows and Office in a ceremony at the Andean city of Pisaq (department of Cusco), at more that 3,000 m.a.s.l. The ceremony was attended by Peru’s First Lady Eliane Karp de Toledo.

Quechua, the language of the Incas and -together with Spanish- one of Peru’s official languages, is spoken by some 3 million people, mostly in the poor Southern Andes highlands. The Inca’s language is also spoken in parts of Ecuador, Bolivia and regions of Chile and Argentina.

According to the Karp, the project takes a huge step in reverting the native’s social and technological exclusion, opening for them the doors to the 21st century. Microsoft also donated 10 Quechua-equipped computers to education center where the ceremony was held.

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