Anyone noticed how there are no African language options in most devices?

[mtu wa chuma]

this is something I just noticed. It has sort been at the back of my mind but I never gave it much thought till now. Every device from computers to iPhones have language options with practically all languages from pretty much every corner of the globe yet not a single african language makes it. Even White South Africans get the Afrikaans language option yet somehow the Zulus and other black South Africans don't? Swahili is one the most popular languages in the world and even that doesn't make it.

 

[Kilgore Trout]

That's racialist

 

[newarkhiphop]

https://support.google.com/googleplay/android-developer/table/4419860?hl=en

Swahli and Zulu

I just checked a couple of settings on my android phone and I don't see every language from every corner, only the major ones

 

[ThatTruth777]

How true is this wikipedia page, click on "Language in Africa" and refer to the Africa graphic with color schemes & legend
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Languages_of_Africa#Official_languages
The legend; official languages in Africa
Afrikaans
Portuguese
Arabic
Spanish
English
Swahili
French
*other languages

Not making excuses for them but there are over a 2000 languages on the continent. Its complex

 

[Trajan]

Aint no company targeting no African booty scratchers


Tell them to step their game up and maybe nikkas will fukk with them

 

[☑︎#VoteDemocrat]

this is something I just noticed. It has sort been at the back of my mind but I never gave it much thought till now. Every device from computers to iPhones have language options with practically all languages from pretty much every corner of the globe yet not a single african language makes it. Even White South Africans get the Afrikaans language option yet somehow the Zulus and other black South Africans don't? Swahili is one the most popular languages in the world and even that doesn't make it.

Swahili ain't that popular fam

Most of Africa speaks a European language. Did you forget that?

 

[Adidacs]

Not as blatantly offensive as the iPhone having emojis of whites, Asians, Indians, etc. and no Blacks.. but they do have 3 monkeys

 

[TRFG]

The majority of Africans speak more than two languages. They aren't clueless fukks like most Americans.

 

[Bawon Samedi]

Obviously because African languages aren't well spoken around the world like English, French or Spanish. What would be the point in adding them? And mind you most African nations have English and French as their nation language anyways.

 

[DonFrancisco]

A lot Africans speak a tribal/ethnic language and some colonial language. A lot rural South America is the same thing, you got the original language of the natives and then Spanish and/or Portugese

 

[How Sway?]

yeah most Africans speak their native language (or some cases multiple African dialects) and their colonizer's language

Swahili ain't that popular fam

Most of Africa speaks a European language. Did you forget that?

140 million people is big

 

[theworldismine13]

how many written african languages exist? very few

 

[BigMan]

i mean there isn't really a market for that yet

and when there is the only languages likely to be added are Swahili and Amharic since most Africans speak either Portuguese, French or English as well

 

[Poitier]

how many written african languages exist? very few

You may be the dumbest person on this forum.

 

[theworldismine13]

You may be the dumbest person on this forum.

this is a very emotional post, i can sense the anger as you pounded each letter in your keyboard to write this