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+# THE POLYGLOSSIA PACKAGE v1.49
+## Multilingual typesetting with XeLaTeX and LuaLaTeX
+
+This package provides an alternative to Babel for users of XeLaTeX and LuaLaTeX
+(with a few languages incompletely supported for the latter). This version
+includes support for over 70 different languages, some of which in different
+regional or national varieties, or using a different writing system.
+
+Polyglossia makes it possible to automate the following tasks:
+
+* Loading the appropriate hyphenation patterns.
+* Setting the script and language tags of the current font (if possible and
+ available), using the package fontspec.
+* Switching to a font assigned by the user to a particular script or language.
+* Adjusting some typographical conventions in function of the current language
+ (such as afterindent, frenchindent, spaces before or after punctuation marks,
+ etc.).
+* Redefining the document strings (like “chapter”, “figure”, “bibliography”).
+* Adapting the formatting of dates (for non-gregorian calendars via external
+ packages bundled with polyglossia: currently the Hebrew, Islamic and Farsi
+ calendars are supported).
+* For languages that have their own numeration system, modifying the formatting
+ of numbers appropriately.
+* Ensuring the proper directionality if the document contains languages
+ written from right to left (via the packages bidi and luabidi, available
+ separately).
+
+# LICENCE
+
+Copyright (c) 2008-2010 François Charette, 2013 Élie Roux, 2011-2020 Arthur Reutenauer,
+Copyright (c) 2019-2020 Bastien Roucariès, 2019-2020 Jürgen Spitzmüller
+
+Except where otherwise noted, Polyglossia is placed under the terms of the MIT licence
+(https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT).
+
+# BUGS
+
+If you run into a bug, or suspect you do, or you have a request or comment, please
+use the GitHub issue tracker: http://github.com/reutenauer/polyglossia/issues
+
+This is more efficient than contacting the maintainer by email as it allows me
+to track the issues and follow progress.