Google Adds Yoruba, Hausa and Igbo To Google Translate

Google via their Africa Blogpost announced today that they have added to their Google translate service, 5 new languages that span across African which have over 115 million native speakers, collectively.

The new African languages include Hausa, Yoruba and Igbo, the three languages outside (English) spoken predominantly in Nigeria as well as Zulu and Somali.

According to Google, in Africa, they have added Somali, Zulu, and the 3 major languages of Nigeria, see them below:

• Hausa (Harshen Hausa), spoken in Nigeria and neighboring countries with 35 million native speakers
• Igbo (Asụsụ Igbo) spoken in Nigeria with 25 million native speakers
• Yoruba (èdè Yorùbá) spoken in Nigeria and neighboring countries with 28 million native speakers
• Somali (Af-Soomaali) spoken in Somalia and other countries around the Horn of Africa with 17 million native speakers
• Zulu (isiZulu) spoken in South Africa and other south-western African countries with 10 million native speakers

Igbo on the Google Translate Android app