The language of origin of a word or named entity is predicted using estimates of frequency of occurrence of the word or named entity in different languages. In one embodiment, the normalized frequency of occurrence of the word or named entity in a variety of different languages is estimated and the values...http://www.google.co.uk/patents/US7689408?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US7689408 - Identifying language of origin for words using estimates of normalized appearance frequency
