Swahili Wikipedia
Also known as swwiki, swwp, swwikipedia, sw.wikipedia.org
Swahili-language edition of Wikipedia
AI overview
Swahili Wikipedia is a version of the free online encyclopedia Wikipedia written in Swahili, the language spoken by millions of people primarily in East Africa. It allows Swahili speakers to access and contribute reliable information in their native language, helping bridge the knowledge gap for communities that may have limited access to educational resources in English or other major languages.
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Key facts
- Type of site
- Internet encyclopedia project
- Available in
- Swahili
- Owner
- Wikimedia Foundation
- Url
- sw.wikipedia.org
- Commercial
- No
- Registration
- Optional
- Content license
- Creative Commons Attribution/, Share-Alike 4.0 (most text also dual-licensed under GFDL )., Media licensing varies.
via Wikipedia infobox
Article
The Swahili Wikipedia (Swahili: Wikipedia ya Kiswahili) is the Swahili language edition of Wikipedia. It is the largest edition of Wikipedia in a Niger–Congo language, followed by the Yoruba Wikipedia.
It was mentioned on 27 August 2006, in International Herald Tribune and New York Newsday articles on the struggles of smaller Wikipedia language editions. In 2009, Google sponsored the creation of articles in the Swahili Wikipedia. On 20 June 2009, the Swahili Wikipedia gave its main page a makeover. As of June 2026, it has about 120,000 articles, making it the 71st-largest Wikipedia.