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OpenOffice.org goes Swahili
Developers have released the first version of OpenOffice.org in the East African language of Swahili, having overcome translation and infrastructure difficulties
Jambo OpenOffice.org 1.1.3, the first version of OpenOffice to support the Swahili language, was released on Saturday.
Swahili is the most commonly spoken African language - it is the chief trade language of East Africa and is the first language of at least 70 million people living in areas such as Kenya, Tanzania, Congo, and Uganda, according to the team working on Kilinux, the Swahili Localization Project. Alberto Pascual, the technical project coordinator for Kilinux, said the release is primarily focused at Tanzanians, as there are strong regional differences in Swahili, but the team is working with groups in Kenya to make modifications for Kenyan Swahili.
Source: ZDNet UK
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