March 27, 2008 11:03 PM PDT

Craigslist turns multilingual

My wife's family back in Brazil is going to love this. Starting, well...now, Craigslist is available in Portuguese, French (both Quebecois and Parisian, naturalment), Italian and German.

Craig Newmark: The world's bigger than English

(Credit: CNET Networks)

Until now, the service offered support in English and Spanish.

In the blurb posted on his site, founder Craig Newmark writes, "The programmers inform me that Basque, maybe Klingon, are next."

Tres drole, amigo (I wish I knew how to say that in Klingon.)

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by topofthekey April 5, 2008 6:43 PM PDT
There are many regional variants of the French language, and québécois is only one of many, and hardly the most significant. Aside from it being a popular regional variant in North America, there would be little reason for Craigslist to support it.
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