[kictanet] Day 9 of 10:-IGF Discussion, Socio-Cultural Issues

Judy Okite judyokite at gmail.com
Thu Aug 21 20:17:39 EAT 2008


While we are still at pushing for multilingualism online,excited and
applauding Swahili......I ask,again

What is "Internet Governance" in Swahili? - Utawalaji wa Interneti?

Any 'real' Swa speakers here?

Kind Regards,


On Thu, Aug 21, 2008 at 3:50 PM, Patrick Mburu <patrick.mburu at gmail.com>wrote:

> I have met quite a number of professionals who can "Read & Write" *Italian
> * (i know different continent but same principle...) and can not(or choose
> not to) speak / write English....(however this number has diminished over
> the years)  Maybe taking the Italian (or some European) model where all
> information is first translated into the local content for all the citizens
> to enjoy...be it block buster movies on the launch day.. quite admirable..
>
> On 21/08/2008, Bill Kagai <billkagai at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> On Thu, Aug 21, 2008 at 10:27 AM, John Walubengo <jwalu at yahoo.com> wrote:
>>
>>> It can truly open up  opportunities and change their lives.
>>>
>>
>> Have you ever met someone who can 'read and write' swahili but cannot
>> 'ditto' english???
>>
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