Uploaded April 2023 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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Welcome to the African Languages series - a series aimed at highlighting the vast diversity of global linguistics, especially the plethora of languages within Africa’s communities. In this video, we’ll briefly touch on the extensiveness of Africa’s language diversity, how these languages are underrepresented in technology, and how developers - and researchers - can start improving language technologies for them.

Chapters:
0:00 - Intro
0:25 - What role do languages play in society?
0:52 - Uneven distribution of languages among the world’s speakers
1:10 - What languages are currently supported by language technology?
2:06 - Why is it beneficial for language technologies to support Africa’s linguistic diversity?
2:19 - What to look forward to in this video series?
2:37 - A look into Africa’s linguistic landscape

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