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<p>Language files are typically stored in your <dfn>system/language</dfn> directory. Alternately you can create a folder called <kbd>language</kbd> inside
your <kbd>application</kbd> folder and store them there. Code Igniter will look first in your <dfn>system/application/language</dfn>
-directory. If the direcotry does not exist or the specified language is not located there CI will instead look in your global
+directory. If the directory does not exist or the specified language is not located there CI will instead look in your global
<dfn>system/language</dfn> folder.</p>
<p class="important"><strong>Note:</strong> Each language should be stored in its own folder. For example, the English files are located at: