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@johl@mastodon.xyz
2025-07-27 19:51:05

I have blogged about how in preparation for #Wikimania I had a nerdy, data-centric look at the Swahili language.
blog.johl.io/mimi-sisema-kiswa

Mimi sisema Kiswahili, lakini ninapenda data
The title says it all: “I don’t speak Swahili, but I love data”. In preparation for Wikimania 2025 in Nairobi, Kenya I looked into the Swahili language. I can greet people, say “thank you”, and can say who I am and where I’m from, but that’s about it. Swahili is a part of the Bantu language family that – through a series of migrations that happened between about 6,000 and 1,500 years ago – transformed the African continent linguistically and resulted in Bantu languages being s…

@johl@mastodon.xyz
2025-06-19 07:16:15

In Vorbereitung auf die Konferenz #Wikimania im August in Nairobi erstmal so richtig durchgeimpft worden gegen Gelbfieber und diverse andere Sachen. ✅