Africa hosts one of the world’s richest linguistic tapestries, encompassing major phyla such as Afro-Asiatic, Nilo-Saharan, Niger-Congo (including the widespread Bantu branch) and the small Khoisan ...

African indigenous language advocates, linguists and volunteers are pushing ahead with making digital platforms and online content more accessible in local languages. Main Languages of the internet: ...

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LAGOS, Nigeria — Computers have become amazingly precise at translating spoken words to text messages and scouring huge troves of information for answers to complex questions. At least, that is, so ...

The South African Centre for Digital Language Resources (SADiLaR) is dedicated to supporting the development and digitisation of South African languages, ensuring that these languages have a ...

Computers have become amazingly precise at translating spoken words to text messages and scouring huge troves of information for answers to complex questions. At least, that is, so long as you speak ...

From text-generating ChatGPT to voice-activated Siri, artificial intelligence-powered tools are designed to aid our everyday life—as long as you speak a language they support. These technologies are ...

Why have students of African languages diminished so drastically in the post-apartheid period? Is this because of the dominance of English, coupled with the dynamics of globalisation? First, I don’t ...