The Internet browser Firefox is set to be translated into the Quechua language. This translation assignment will be crowdsourced, and individuals who can speak or write the language are invited to work on the project.

Quechua is a native South American language, which is widely spoken in the Andes region. In Bolivia and Peru, it is currently an official language, and there are around 3 million Quechua speakers in Peru, according to official statistics.

Nevertheless, there is not much content available in Quechua online. As Mozilla has outlined this is due to several reasons, such as the limited access to computers, Internet, and electricity in indigenous areas.

With this in mind, Mozilla has joined forces with a community called Runasimipi, and have started a project to create open software in the Quechua language. The goal of this partnership is to eventually create three packages in Quechua. These are a basic, full, and Firefox mobile pack.

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