Google Uganda launches two new local languages2

Search engine company launches Runyakitara and Luo versions of its web interface with support of Makerere University.

Google adds two new local languages

Kampala, Uganda July 1 – Starting last week, over 5 million more people in Uganda will now be able to search for information on Google search engine using their native language.  Today’s launch of Runyakitara and Luo at Makerere University marked the fifth local language that is available on Google’s Ugandan domain, Google.co.ug. Runyakitara and Luo are both ‘umbrella’ languages linking together several closely related dialects spoken in the Western and Northern parts of Uganda. [..]