Kidawida also known as Dawida or Kitaveta or Kitaita or Taita or Taveta is a language spoken in Taita Taveta and Kilifi counties in Kenya by the Taita people.
Kidawida language has approximately 500,000 native speakers.
The language has 3 dialects; Kidawida, Kisaghala and Kikasighau.
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Every day, new words shape our world - from artificial intelligence to blockchain, from climate change to social media.
While languages like English grow and adapt, what about Kidawida?
How do we explain quantum computing in Kidawida?
What's the word for 'cryptocurrency'?
Without action today, how will future generations express tomorrow's ideas in Kidawida?
If not you, who will keep Kidawida alive?
If not now, when will we start?
If not here, where will it happen?
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