Can access to local content increase internet adoption in South Africa
- Afrikaans
- English
- Ndebele
- Northern Sotho
- Sotho
- Swazi
- Tsonga
- Tswana
- Venda
- Xhosa
- Zulu
Google South Africa is available in the following languages
http://mybroadband.co.za/news/internet/9395-google-now-speaks-afrikaans.html (Web Archive)
- Afrikaans (added 2009-09-03)
- English
- Ndebele (listed as Northern Ndebele, primarily spoken in Zimbabwe)
- Northern Sotho
- Sotho (Sesotho)
- Swazi
- Tsonga
- Tswana (Setswana) (added 2010-08-13)
- Venda
- Xhosa (IsiXhosa)
- Zulu (isiZulu)
Hyperlinked languages appear in the W3Techs' list of most used languages online.
Google Chrome Stable version 4.1.249 launched on 2010-03-17 included automatic translation.
http://googlepress.blogspot.com/2000/05/google-goes-global-with-addition-of-10.html
- Drive added 2013-06-19
- Facebook (added 2009-03-16)
- Gmail added 2014-07-08
- Translate added 2009-08-29
- YouTube added 2011-11-03
- Drive added 2013-06-19
- Gmail added 2014-07-08
- Translate added 2013-12-11
- YouTube added 2011-11-03
Product | Google Search | Google Translate | Gmail | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Afrikaans | 2009-09-03 | 2009-03-16 | 2014-07-08 | |
Cebuano | ||||
Chichewa | 2014-12-12 | |||
Hausa | 2013-12-11 | |||
Igbo | 2013-12-11 | |||
Malagasy | ||||
Sesotho | 2014-12-12 | |||
Somali | 2013-12-11 | |||
Sundanese | ||||
Swahili | ||||
Tswana (Setswana) | 2010-08-13 | |||
Yoruba | 2013-12-11 | |||
Wolof | ||||
Zulu | 2013-12-11 | 2014-07-08 |
http://google-africa.blogspot.co.at/2013/12/google-translate-now-in-80-languages.html
Voice search in Afrikaans and Zulu:
https://googleblog.blogspot.in/2010/11/voice-search-in-underrepresented.html
Older translations:
http://www.southafrica.info/services/googleza.htm
This code used for this project is described in the CodeBook.md file.