Quick update: * The Swahili Wikipedia now has >1000 articles (thanks to Ndesanjo Macha for this info). See http://sw.wikipedia.org/ * There is a debate about the Akan Wikipedia, its relationship with Twi Wikipedia etc., and whether to close it & turn it into a gateway page to Twi etc. See Akan http://ak.wikipedia.org/ * The Ewe Wikipedia is also slated for possible deletion. I've argued against that.
There's a conference on Wikipedia and related media called "Wikimania" which will be held in Cambridge, Massachusetts, US on 4-6 August. It's possible that some folks attending who are interested in promoting African language Wikipedias will get together to discuss ideas & strategies. For more info on the conference, see: http://wikimania2006.wikimedia.org/wiki/Main_Page Don Osborn --- In AfricanLanguages@yahoogroups.com, "Don Osborn" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Wikipedia, the multilingual online encyclopedia, has a number of African language sections that could use more contributions. A list is appended below FYI. The complete list of Wikipedia sections is at http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/List_of_Wikipedias (NB- if you want to see a page *in* a language, as opposed to *about* it in English, you will need to click on the 2 or 3 letter code in the "Wiki" column). > > For those not familiar with Wikipedia or the wiki concept, it is a technology that permits readers to contribute directly to the contents of the site. More info is available at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Contents > > Here is the list of current Wikipedia pages in African languages (the last few have practically nothing on them yet). > > Wikipedia in African languages (as of 24 July 2006) by rank of number of pages: > (sites with > 1000 articles) > > 35. Arabic http://ar.wikipedia.org/ > 54. Afrikaans http://af.wiktionary.org/ > > (siites with > 100 articles) > > 104. Swahili http://sw.wikipedia.org/ > 123. Amharic http://am.wikipedia.org/ > 133. Wolof http://wo.wikipedia.org/ > 135. Lingala http://ln.wikipedia.org/ > 137. Malagasy http://mg.wikipedia.org/ > 147. Kongo http://kg.wikipedia.org/ > 149. Bambara http://bm.wikipedia.org/ > > (sites with >10 articles) > > 163. Zulu http://zu.wikipedia.org/ > 164. Yoruba http://yo.wikipedia.org/ > 173. Shona http://sn.wikipedia.org/ > 181. Somali http://so.wikipedia.org/ > 182. Xhosa http://xh.wikipedia.org/ > 183. Kinyarwanda http://rw.wikipedia.org/ > 188. Setswana http://tn.wikipedia.org/ > 189. Tumbuka http://tum.wikipedia.org/ > 191. Twi http://tw.wikipedia.org/ > 192. Peul http://ff.wikipedia.org/ > 196. Kirundi http://rn.wikipedia.org/ > 197. Igbo http://ig.wikipedia.org/ > > (sites with >1 article) > > 198. Hausa http://ha.wikipedia.org/ > 200. Afar http://aa.wikipedia.org/ > 202. Oromo http://om.wikipedia.org/ > 203. Sango http://sg.wikipedia.org/ > 206. Tsonga http://ts.wikipedia.org/ > 207. Kikuyu http://ki.wikipedia.org/ > 211. Swati http://ss.wikipedia.org/ > 214. Chewa / Nyanja http://ny.wikipedia.org/ > 215. Ndonga http://ng.wikipedia.org/ > 216. Herero http://hz.wikipedia.org/ > 221. Luganda http://lg.wikipedia.org/ > 222. Venda http://ve.wikipedia.org/ > 223. Kuanyama http://kj.wikipedia.org/ > 224. Tigrinya http://ti.wikipedia.org/ > 225. Akan http://ak.wikipedia.org/ > 228. Ewe http://ee.wikipedia.org/ > > 229. Kanuri http://kr.wikipedia.org/ > Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AfricanLanguages/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
