Google Translate gets support for 110 new languages with help of AI: Here's the full list
In a move to bridge global linguistic divides, Google has announced a significant enhancement to its Translate service. Leveraging the capabilities of AI, Google Translate now supports 110 new languages, marking its most expansive update yet.
This expansion, driven by Google’s PaLM 2 large language model, underscores a commitment to inclusivity and accessibility. Let’s delve into the details.
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According to Google, the new languages represent more than 614 million speakers, opening up translations for around 8% of the world’s population. Some are major world languages with over 100 million speakers. Others are spoken by small communities of Indigenous people, and a few have almost no native speakers but active revitalisation efforts.
A significant portion, about a quarter, are African languages such as Fon, Kikongo, Luo, Ga, Swati, Venda, and Wolof, marking Google Translate’s most extensive expansion of African language support to date.
The new languages are:
The tech giant mentioned that it will support even more language varieties and spelling conventions over time.
