{"id":9752,"date":"2018-06-02T18:05:47","date_gmt":"2018-06-03T00:05:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/?post_type=news&#038;p=9752"},"modified":"2018-06-02T18:05:47","modified_gmt":"2018-06-03T00:05:47","slug":"twitter-recognizes-swahili","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/news\/twitter-recognizes-swahili\/","title":{"rendered":"Twitter recognizes\u00a0Swahili as first African language"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"program--Sci tech programBlockHeader\"><\/div>\n<section class=\"article-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<section class=\"article__body\">\n<div class=\"article-content\">\n<p class=\"u-m0\">Most African languages for the past decade and over of social media platform Twitter\u2019s existence have been referred to as Indonesian in terms of translation.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-content__text article-content__left-column\">\n<p>That has changed with Twitter\u2019s official recognition of Swahili as a language. It became the first African language to achieve that accomplishment. Swahili is however yet to be added in the language settings of Twitter.<\/p>\n<p>The network now recognizes Swahili words and offers translation of the widely spoken and written East and Southern African language.<\/p>\n<p>Since last week, Twitter kick started detection of the language in tweets and subsequently offers a close to perfect translation as with most other foreign languages.<\/p>\n<p>Kenya Ministry of Sports and Heritage joined Twitter users to celebrate the feat. \u201cKiswahili which is widely used in East Africa, is Kenya\u2019s national language &amp; it unites the people of Kenya,\u201d the tweet said in part.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-9729\" src=\"https:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/twitter.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"350\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/twitter.jpg 650w, https:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/twitter-300x162.jpg 300w, https:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/twitter-100x54.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"SandboxRoot env-bp-350\">\n<div id=\"twitter-widget-0\" class=\"EmbeddedTweet EmbeddedTweet--edge EmbeddedTweet--mediaForward media-forward js-clickToOpenTarget js-tweetIdInfo tweet-InformationCircle-widgetParent\" lang=\"en\">\n<article class=\"MediaCard\n           MediaCard--mediaForward\n\n           customisable-border\" dir=\"ltr\"><\/article>\n<div class=\"tweet-InformationCircle--top tweet-InformationCircle--topEdge tweet-InformationCircle\">Arriving at the feat, however, did not come easy as Kenyans \u2013 known to be vibrant on the platform staged protests with the hashtags\u00a0#SwahiliIsNotIndonesian and #TwitterRecognizeSwahili.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>But like all google translate efforts, some translations have fallen short of the import of what is meant. But for all it is worth, it positions Swahili as a fore runner in the area.<\/p>\n<p>Records indicate that the language is spoken by 50 million plus people especially in East Africa \u2013 it is listed as national language of: Tanzania, Kenya, Uganda. People in parts of the DR Congo also speak it.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Most African languages for the past decade and over of social media platform Twitter\u2019s existence have been referred to as Indonesian in terms of translation. That has changed with Twitter\u2019s official recognition of Swahili as a language. It became the first African language to achieve that accomplishment. Swahili is however yet to be added in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":9753,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","tags":[],"news-category":[320,322],"class_list":["post-9752","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-category-tech","news-category-world","entry","has-media"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Twitter recognizes\u00a0Swahili as first African language | Nigeria News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/news\/twitter-recognizes-swahili\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Twitter recognizes\u00a0Swahili as first African language | Nigeria News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Most African languages for the past decade and over of social media platform Twitter\u2019s existence have been referred to as Indonesian in terms of translation. 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