Tanzania

To which language should you translate to localize in Tanzania?

Official language

Swahili (8.8%)

Actual languages

Nyamwesi (21.1%), Swahili (8.8%), Hehet (6.9%), Haya (5.9%), Makonde (5.9%), Nyakusa (5.4%), Chaga (4.9%), Luguru (4.9%), Shambala (4.3%), Gogo (3.9%), Ha (3.5%), other (24.5%)

What the top 150 best localized websites in the world do in Tanzania

(Top 150 websites listed in the Global by Design ranking – published annually by Byte Level Research, this report provides a list of globally localized websites, showcasing best practices and emerging trends in their globalization)

• 5/150 localize by translating into Swahili
• 1/150 localizes by translating into Arabic, Swahili and Kamba
• 1/150 localizes by translating into Swahili, Tanzanian Sign Language and Kamba
• 1/150 localizes by translating into both Arabic and Swahili
• 1/150 localizes by translating into both French and Arabic
• 1/150 localizes by translating into both French and Portuguese
• 1/150 localizes by translating into French
• 1/150 localizes by translating into Arabic
• 1/150 localizes by translating into French, Portuguese, Italian, German, Spanish, Polish, Simplified, Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Japanese, Hungarian, Russian, Bahasa Indonesia, Romanian, Turkish, Ukrainian and Thai