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Friday, 3 June 2011

Somalia gets a Search domain

Posted on 04:54 by Unknown
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For many, the first things that come to mind when thinking about Somalia are corruption, failed state, pirates, and in some cases, poetry & music. Little is said about the incredible demand for telecommunication services and Internet access in Somalia and throughout the diaspora.

Today, we thrilled to announce that Somali users now have a gateway to the world’s information through their own country domain, www.google.so .

Local domains are a first step towards making the web more accessible and relevant for people around the world. The new domain will help people in Somalia and find locally relevant information, faster.


Google.so will also make it easier for Somali users to access search in their preferred languages - Arabic English, and Somali. Somali is an important African language: beyond its national use in Somalia and Somaliland, it is one of the 5 major languages in Ethiopia, and one of the two languages of Djibouti. It is also spoken in northern Kenya and increasingly in Nairobi.


As part of the Google Africa community translation program, the Somali language interface was translated entirely by volunteers and polished by a passionate group of native speakers, language specialists & journalists in Eastleigh estate in Nairobi, fondly referred to as ‘little Mogadishu’. We wish to congratulate them for putting their language on the map.

Posted by Denis Gikunda, Localization Program Manager, and Nanjala Misiko, Community Manager

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Un nom de domaine pour la recherche pour la Somalie

La première chose qui vient généralement à l’esprit quand on pense à la Somalie, c’est la
corruption, un etat en déliquescence, les pirates et parfois la poésie et la musique. Mais on
parle très peu de la demande incroyable pour les services de télécommunications et l'accès à
Internet qui existe dans ce pays et au sein de la diaspora somalienne.

Aujourd’hui, nous sommes ravis d’annoncer que les utilisateurs somaliens disposent désormais d'une passerelle vers les informations mondiales via le nom de domaine pour leur pays www.google.so .

Les noms de domaine nationaux sont une première étape qui rend le Web plus accessible et intéressant pour les personnes à travers le monde. Ce nouveau nom permettra aux Somaliens de trouver plus rapidement des informations utiles au plan local.

Google.so leur facilitera aussi l’accès à la recherche dans leurs langues favorites: arabe,
anglais et somali. Le somali est une langue importante en Afrique. Au-delà de son utilisation
en Somalie et en Somaliland, c’est l’une des cinq langues principales de l’Éthiopie et l’une des
deux langues de Djibouti. Il est aussi parlé dans le nord du Kenya et de plus en plus à Nairobi.

Dans le cadre du programme de traduction de la communauté Google Afrique, l’interface en somali a été entièrement traduite par des bénévoles et affinée par un groupe d’utilisateurs dont le somali est la langue maternelle, de linguistes et de journalistes passionnés résidant dans le
quartier d’Eastleigh à Nairobi, surnommé aujourd’hui «petit Mogadiscio». Nous tenons à les
féliciter pour avoir affiché leur langue sur la carte.

Poste par Denis Gikunda, responsable du programme de localisation, et Nanjala Misiko, responsable de communauté
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