Swahili Language Version Facebook Launched
The
Swahili language version of the social-networking
website, Facebook, has been launched, targeting more
than one hundred million speakers of the language.
A group of Swahili scholars launched the new version
with the permission of the California-based internet
firm.
One of the initiators of the project, Symon Wanda,
said they wanted to launch a Swahili version to
safeguard the future of the language.
Analysts say a Hausa version could be launched next
in West Africa and Zulu for Southern Africa.
Facebook already exists in some fifty language
versions.
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