Google Translate

110 New Languages

Google Translate is having its biggest expansion ever by adding 110 new languages using AI. The PaLM 2 large language model is what will be used to expand the available languages. You can read the full article on The Keyword.

"From Cantonese to Qʼeqchiʼ, these 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 revitalization efforts. About a quarter of the new languages come from Africa, representing our largest expansion of African languages to date, including Fon, Kikongo, Luo, Ga, Swati, Venda and Wolof." - The Keyword