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| Mozilla plans Luganda web search | Mozilla plans Luganda web search |
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| Web browser Mozilla Firefox has launched a project in Uganda to translate its searches into the local Luganda language. | |
| Once complete, it will enable Luganda speakers to search, or "wenja" in Luganda, on the internet. | |
| About five million Ugandans speak Luganda, the most widely spoken language after English and Kiswahili. | About five million Ugandans speak Luganda, the most widely spoken language after English and Kiswahili. |
| The Baganda are the largest of Uganda's almost 40 ethnic groups, making up more than 16% of the population. | The Baganda are the largest of Uganda's almost 40 ethnic groups, making up more than 16% of the population. |
| The project is being undertaken in collaboration with Uganda's Makerere University, South Africa's Rhodes University and Translate.org.za, a non-profit organisation. | The project is being undertaken in collaboration with Uganda's Makerere University, South Africa's Rhodes University and Translate.org.za, a non-profit organisation. |
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| The BBC's Joshua Mmali in the capital, Kampala, says 120 software engineers and 120 language specialists held a one-day workshop in the capital, Kampala, to work on the project. | The BBC's Joshua Mmali in the capital, Kampala, says 120 software engineers and 120 language specialists held a one-day workshop in the capital, Kampala, to work on the project. |
| Basic words have been translated into Luganda in the first stages of the month-long project, our correspondent says. | Basic words have been translated into Luganda in the first stages of the month-long project, our correspondent says. |
| Venacious Baryamureba, the dean of Makerere's Faculty of Computing and Information Technology, said the project would increase the number of people using computers in Uganda. | Venacious Baryamureba, the dean of Makerere's Faculty of Computing and Information Technology, said the project would increase the number of people using computers in Uganda. |
| "Everything is available in English and there are people who know Luganda, who can read Luganda but cannot read English. So it's a step towards localising most of these things into local content." | "Everything is available in English and there are people who know Luganda, who can read Luganda but cannot read English. So it's a step towards localising most of these things into local content." |
| Our correspondent says Ugandans are looking forward to using Luganda and other local languages to search for information on the internet. | Our correspondent says Ugandans are looking forward to using Luganda and other local languages to search for information on the internet. |
| Microsoft launched its Windows and Office software in Kiswahili - which is spoken by more than 110 million people across eastern and central Africa - in 2005. | Microsoft launched its Windows and Office software in Kiswahili - which is spoken by more than 110 million people across eastern and central Africa - in 2005. |
| Language experts from Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Zanzibar as well as the Great Lakes and the Democratic Republic of Congo developed a common glossary for the software. | Language experts from Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Zanzibar as well as the Great Lakes and the Democratic Republic of Congo developed a common glossary for the software. |