Announcements: November 2007 Archives
Hi5 is pleased to add Japanese (日本語 / にほんご) to our growing set of supported languages. Japanese is spoken by 130 million people, mostly in Japan, but is also commonly studied in Korea, China, Australia, and The United States.
Being the first Asian language for hi5, Japanese presents a unique challenge to the design and localization teams. Three different scripts are used for the written language: kanji (漢字 かんじ), which are derived from Chinese in the 6th century, plus two syllabic scripts, hiragana (平仮名 ひらがな) and katakana (片仮名 カタカナ). Keeping them all straight was quite a challenge!
Japanese is our eleventh language with many more to come. Please visit the Hi5 Language Forum for more information about our translations and localization.
Being the first Asian language for hi5, Japanese presents a unique challenge to the design and localization teams. Three different scripts are used for the written language: kanji (漢字 かんじ), which are derived from Chinese in the 6th century, plus two syllabic scripts, hiragana (平仮名 ひらがな) and katakana (片仮名 カタカナ). Keeping them all straight was quite a challenge!
Japanese is our eleventh language with many more to come. Please visit the Hi5 Language Forum for more information about our translations and localization.
We're pleased to announce the hi5 Developer Center. This site is an essential resource for people developing applications that use the hi5 Platform. Here you will find:
- The latest news about hi5 application development.
- Our latest Platform Roadmap.
- Full API documentation for the hi5 Platform.
- Our Platform Developer discussion group.
- Code Samples, Tips and more...
Search
About This Archive
This page is a archive of entries in the Announcements category from November 2007.
Announcements: October 2007 is the previous archive.
Announcements: December 2007 is the next archive.
Find recent content on the main index or look in the archives to find all content.