Microsoft is debuting versions of its popular Windows and Office software in Quechua, the prominent Indian language in Bolivia.

The software, already available in Peru, translates menus and commands into Quechua. "File" is "quipu," the Associated Press reported.

Quechua is spoken by 2.6 million people in Bolivia and over 10 million in South America, the AP said. The popular search engine google already uses Quechua [Link].

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