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Swahili first African language to get Twitter recognition

Swahili now becomes the first African language to get Twitter recognition.

By  Victor Kiprop

Twitter users around the world will soon be able to read tweets posted in Swahili, the most spoken language in East and some parts of central Africa.

This is after the social media platform recognised the language and enabled its translation.

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