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Re:Model Your Users: Algorithms Behind the Minuum Keyboard by slazaro on Friday January 24, 2014 @03:59AM (#7113989)
But they're very different languages that share very few words, aren't they? Try speaking a few romanic languages that share a bigger proportion of their words and you'll see where the problem is.
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Re:Model Your Users: Algorithms Behind the Minuum Keyboard by Uberphallus on Friday January 24, 2014 @05:40AM (#7114262)
Example root: liber-

Fr: liberté, libertés, libérer...

Sp: libertad, libertades, liberar...

Pt: liberdade, liberdades, liberar...

For a 2-3 word completion choice it's useless.

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