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+Languedoc
+=========
+
+Language identification library based on ["N-Gram-Based Text Categorization"](https://www.cis.lmu.de/~stef/seminare/sprachenidentifizierung/cavnar_trenkle.pdf) by Cavnar and Trenkle.
+
+Licensed under GNU GPLv3.