Why Wikipedia Needs Ethiopian Languages
Although Ethiopian languages have tens of millions of speakers, they barely exist on one of the most visited websites.
The Amharic Wikipedia was started on 27th January 2004. Currently, it has more than 15,000 articles. That number might sound impressive by itself, but put it into contrast, and it becomes a disappointment.
For example, take the Polish Wikipedia. The Polish language has more than 40 million speakers, and the Polish Wikipedia has more than 1.6 million articles. The Italian Wikipedia has more than 1.9 million articles, serving between 60 and 80 million speakers of the language.
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