Google is adding 110 new languages to Google Translate using AI technology including the West African Manding language Nko and Tamazight, the Berber language spoken across North Africa.
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This is Google’s largest language expansion thanks to the use of AI, specifically its PaLM 2 large language model.
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This expansion will provide translation support for over 614 million people, representing about 8% of the global population.
About a quarter of the new languages come from Africa, representing its largest expansion of African languages to date, including Fon, Kikongo, Luo, Ga, Swati, Venda, and Wolof.
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