First computer game in Piedmontese language
{{date|July 15, 2007}}

[[w:Freecol|Freecol]], a [[w:free software|free software]] (under the [[w:GNU General Public License|GNU General Public License]]) has been released in [[w:Piedmontese language|Piedmontese]]. This makes the game, clone of [[w:Sid Meier|Sid Meier]]'s [[w:Colonization (computer game)|Colonization]] the first game to have been released in this language which is only spoken by about two million people.

Freecol, the simulation of the historical process that lead to the Declaration of Independence in North America, is the first computer game to be localized in Piedmontese language. Players of the game need to take administrative and political actions to reach its goal. 

Version 0.7.0 in Piedmontese was released on July 13, 2007. Speakers of regional languages hope this will serve as an [[wiktionary:examplar|examplar]], so that more localizations of the game in other regional languages will be released over time.

The localization was done on Betawiki, the platform which is also used for the localization of the [[w:MediaWiki|Mediawiki]] software. 

==Sources==
{{Translated Wikinews|wiki=it|language=Italian|title=Primo gioco di computer in lingua piemontese}}
*{{source|url=http://www.positanonews.it/menu/default.asp?id=6702
|title=Primo gioco di computer in lingua piemontese
|author=Sabine Cretella
|pub=Positanonews
|date=July 14, 2007
|lang=Piedmontese}}
*{{source|url=http://www.positanonews.it/menu/default.asp?id=6704
|title=Primmo juoco pe computer 'int'â lengua piemontese (in Neapolitan language)
|author=Sabine Cretella
|pub=Positanonews
|date=July 14, 2007
|lang=Neapolitan}}
*{{source|url=http://eng.i-iter.org/effect-betawiki
|title=Effect Betawiki
|author=Bèrto d'Sèra
|pub=i-iter
|date=July 13, 2007}}
*{{source|url=http://pms.i-iter.org/freecol-piemonteis
|title=Freecol piemonteis
|author=Bèrto d'Sèra
|pub=i-iter
|date=July 13, 2007
|lang=Piedmontese}}

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Freecol, a free software (under the GNU General Public License) has been released in Piedmontese. This makes the game, clone of Sid Meier's Colonization the first game to have been released in this language which is only spoken by about two million people.

Freecol, the simulation of the historical process that lead to the Declaration of Independence in North America, is the first computer game to be localized in Piedmontese language. Players of the game need to take administrative and political actions to reach its goal. 

Version 0.7.0 in Piedmontese was released on July 13, 2007. Speakers of regional languages hope this will serve as an examplar, so that more localizations of the game in other regional languages will be released over time.

The localization was done on Betawiki, the platform which is also used for the localization of the Mediawiki software.
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