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]

Swahili Wikipedia
Type of site
Internet encyclopedia project
Available inSwahili
HeadquartersMiami, Florida
OwnerWikimedia Foundation
URLsw.wikipedia.org
CommercialNo
RegistrationOptional

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 February 2021, it has about 61,000 articles, making it the 87th-largest Wikipedia.[4]

References

  1. "List of Wikipedias by language group". wikimedia.org.
  2. Building Wikipedia in African languages, by Noam Cohen, International Herald Tribune, August 27, 2006.
  3. "Hungry for New Content, Google Tries to Grow Its Own in Africa". nytimes.com. January 24, 2010. Retrieved October 14, 2014.
  4. "List of Wikipedias". wikimedia.org.


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