Swahili Wikipedia
The Swahili Wikipedia (Swahili: Wikipedia ya Kiswahili) is the Swahili language edition of Wikipedia. It is the largest edition of Wikipedia in a Niger–Congo or Nilo-Saharan language, followed by the Yoruba Wikipedia.[1]
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Type of site | Internet encyclopedia project |
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| Available in | Swahili |
| Headquarters | Miami, Florida |
| Owner | Wikimedia Foundation |
| URL | sw.wikipedia.org |
| Commercial | No |
| Registration | Optional |
It was mentioned on August 27, 2006 in International Herald Tribune and New York Newsday articles on the struggles of smaller Wikipedia language editions.[2] In 2009, Google sponsored the creation of articles in the Swahili Wikipedia.[3] On June 20, 2009, the Swahili Wikipedia gave its main page a makeover. As of June 2020, it has about 59,000 articles, making it the 87th-largest Wikipedia.[4]
References
- "List of Wikipedias by language group". wikimedia.org.
- Building Wikipedia in African languages, by Noam Cohen, International Herald Tribune, August 27, 2006.
- "Hungry for New Content, Google Tries to Grow Its Own in Africa". nytimes.com. January 24, 2010. Retrieved October 14, 2014.
- "List of Wikipedias". wikimedia.org.
External links
- (in Swahili) Swahili Wikipedia
- (in Swahili) Swahili Wikipedia mobile version
- Statistics for Swahili Wikipedia by Erik Zachte
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