24. For a series of data values representing text in an unknown distinguished Latin-based language in accordance with one of a plurality of character sets for Latin-based languages, each character set associating character glyphs with particular data values, a method in a computer system for identifying the distinguished language, the method comprising the steps of: for each distinct data value in the series, using a single common data value: if the distinct data value does not represent the same character glyph in each of the plurality of character sets, transforming occurrences of the distinct data value in the series into the single common data value, such that, after the transforming step, data values that represent the same character glyphs in each of the plurality of character sets are still differentiated but data values that do not represent the same character glyphs in each of the plurality of character sets are no longer differentiated; after transforming step, counting in the series of data values the number of occurrences of each distinct subseries of the series having a predetermined length; and identifying the distinguished language based upon the counts of distinct subseries of the series.
24. For a series of data values representing text in an unknown distinguished Latin-based language in accordance with one of a plurality of character sets for Latin-based languages, each character set associating character glyphs with particular data values, a method in a computer system for identifying the distinguished language, the method comprising the steps of: for each distinct data value in the series, using a single common data value: if the distinct data value does not represent the same character glyph in each of the plurality of character sets, transforming occurrences of the distinct data value in the series into the single common data value, such that, after the transforming step, data values that represent the same character glyphs in each of the plurality of character sets are still differentiated but data values that do not represent the same character glyphs in each of the plurality of character sets are no longer differentiated; after transforming step, counting in the series of data values the number of occurrences of each distinct subseries of the series having a predetermined length; and identifying the distinguished language based upon the counts of distinct subseries of the series. 25. The method of claim 24 wherein the counting step counts the number of occurrences of each distinct subseries of the series having a length of three data values.