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The African Languages group is the Facebook meeting point for people who want to support the languages of Africa. Africa's 1 billion people collectively speak about 2000 languages.

Group members are involved in activities such as:
* developing African language dictionaries
* writing for African language Wikipedias
* localizing software and IT for African languages
* translating and interpreting
* writing in African languages (blogs, news, poetry, prose)
* learning or teaching African... (read more)
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African Languages
Category:
Geography - Regions
Description:
The African Languages group is the Facebook meeting point for people who want to support the languages of Africa. Africa's 1 billion people collectively speak about 2000 languages.

Group members are involved in activities such as:
* developing African language dictionaries
* writing for African language Wikipedias
* localizing software and IT for African languages
* translating and interpreting
* writing in African languages (blogs, news, poetry, prose)
* learning or teaching African... (read more)
Privacy Type:
Open: All content is public.

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September 2009 is African Locales Month!

The African Network for Localization (ANLoc) is seeking help from members of this group to create Locales for 100 African languages. You can view a description of the project http://www.it46.se/afrigen

The full list of languages currently in the project is at http://www.it46.se/afrigen/statistics.php . If your favorite language shows any red in any of the bars next to it, please volunteer to help complete the locale!

It's easy to volunteer - just send an email to locales@africanlocalization.net

The interface to build a locale in your favorite African language is available in English, French, and Swahili. Building a locale only takes a couple of hours. Please tell your friends!

This year's deadline to get new languages into the CLDR (Common Locales Data Repository), the international system used to produce all major software on the planet, is October 1. NOTE: DEADLINE EXTENDED TO OCTOBER 5. So, we need to connect with people who speak languages from all over Africa.

-> Can you help us build the network to reach people who speak as many African languages as possible?
-> Can you help with any of the languages that haven't been completed yet?
-> Can we get 100 African locales ready to submit during September?