Edited by author 06-12-2009 11:31 AM
Excerpt from a message posted by Manuela Noske on A12n-collaboration:

FYI that Microsoft Corporation has released the Windows Vista Language Interface Packs for Hausa, Igbo and Yoruba on June 2nd. The LIPs are available at the locations below. They are free downloads that install on any PC that runs Windows Vista with either SP1 or SP2.

Hausa Details Page and .mlc: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details...7f5b&displaylang=ha

http://download.microsoft.com/download/6/A.../LIP_ha-Latn-NG.mlc

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(See also /m126 on this message board.)

Edited by author 05-18-2009 10:28 PM
The Google web search engine now has a Hausa interface. See http://www.google.com/intl/ha/ . It appears to be in an ASCIIfied version of the Boko orthography.

(Not sure if this is related to the effort mentioned in /m111 )

Microsoft's Local Language Program is working to localize Windows Vista in Hausa.

See this story on 'Gbenga Sesan's Oro blog:
"Vista, MS Office in Hausa, Igbo, Yoruba"
Friday, December 12th, 2008
http://www.gbengasesan.com/blog/?p=307

The translation of terminology in Hausa is available for review at:
http://www.pinigeria.org/microsoft/hausaglossary.pdf

You can check out more information about Windows Vista Language Support in Hausa and other languages at:
http://www.microsoft.com/globaldev/vista/V...nguage_Support.mspx

Don Osborn
Bisharat.net