CHANGAMOTO ZA ISTILAHI ZA KISWAHILI ZATEHAMA KWA JAMIILUGHA YA WASWAHILI
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https://doi.org/10.63104/suj.v.i.65Abstract
This article aims to explore the various challenges posed by ICT terminology in the Swahili community of Zanzibaris. Information and Communication Technology has brought about significant changes and developments in our communities. Development in any society goes hand in hand with the efforts that community members themselves make to cope with the changes taking place in their community. The same to the Swahili language community which at this moment, is in the development of science and technology. Confirming this point Kin'gei in Simala and colleagues, (2008: 221) stated: “The Swahili language has begun to be used in a number of academic and scientific fields thus creating an urgent need for new terminology to express concepts in those fields. Examples of these new areas of usage are Information and Communication Technology ... ". These developments have made the language community one of the most important users of information and communication technology. Since the main role of language is communication, this has made language the lifeblood of the development of information and communication technology (ICT). This article explores the challenges by using interview techniques conducted to various computer users and social networks. This article identified some of the challenges that users face, including the complexity of the terminology. In this article the author proposes a variety of factors including the involvement of language users and professionals from various areas in terminology development to protect and preserve social ideologies.
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