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Researchers are using AI to save indigenous languages from extinction

Thursday, June 7, 2018 by Piyush Suthar | Comments

Home News Tech Researchers are using AI to save indigenous languages from extinction

43 percent of all spoken languages in the world are endangered and every 14 days another language dies. That’s the harsh reality, and the furious pace of digitalization is certainly not helping, seeing that approximately half of all online content is stored in English and Chinese. This quickly leaves indigenous and smaller languages standing with the shortest straw in terms of online presence. Australia is home to over 300 hundred indigenous languages. Out of these 300, only 140 languages are still spoken, and only 18 are taught to children. This means a hell of a lot of cultural heritage and…

This story continues at The Next Web

Authored by Piyush Suthar
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