Microsoft confirmed Kinect’s voice recognition system will support only four languages at launch: US English, UK English, Mexican Spanish and Japanese.

Qu’est-ce que l’enfer?

Mainland Europe, Australia, Canada and all other Kinected countries will have to wait at least until Spring 2011 for their specific voice recognition region to be activated. Until then, regions will be locked out of the voice system entirely, meaning even if a main-lander knows how to speak one of the four supported languages, Kinect no podrá hacerlo.

Lidia Pitzalis of Microsoft España explained to Eurogamer.es the decision to block languages by region is to ensure users don’t have any “frustrating experiences” with foreign accents. As a West Coast resident, I think Louisianans have foreign accents, but Microsoft seems confident Kinect will have no trouble recognizing anything in the States or across the UK.

What do our foreign commenters think about the exclusion of so many languages at Kinect’s launch? Do you think this will this affect Kinect sales in the excluded regions? ¡Nos diga aquí!