The American giant Google announced, on Thursday, June 27, the arrival of 110 new languages to the translation engine, including Amazigh, a language spoken throughout North Africa.
Google Translate is announcing to internet users and users around the world that it has added 110 languages to its repertoire, marking its “biggest addition ever,” including Tamazight (Berber), a thousand-year-old language spoken across North Africa, particularly in Morocco and Algeria, and to a lesser extent in Tunisia. An event that has been widely reported on the internet and is considered significant by advocates of the Amazigh language.
“We are using artificial intelligence to add 110 new languages to Google Translate, including Cantonese and Berber,” Google officials explained on the occasion. Google Translate therefore supports the Berber language, which is written in the Latin alphabet and Tifinagh (the Berber alphabet).
“These new languages represent more than 614 million speakers, opening up the possibility of translation for about 8% of the world’s population,” the American engine welcomed, identifying the added language as follows: “Tamazight, an Amazigh language spoken throughout the world.” North Africa. Despite the presence of several dialects, the written form is generally understood by everyone. It is written in the Latin alphabet and Tifinagh, both of which are supported by Google Translate.
Official language in the Moroccan constitution
It is worth noting that since 2011, Amazigh has been included as a national and official language in the Moroccan constitution alongside Arabic.
As Google specifies, translation to and from Berber is done using artificial intelligence (AI). “We are using AI to expand the range of languages available. Thanks to the large language model PaLM 2, we are adding 110 new languages to Google Translate, the largest addition ever. Compared to our previous models, PaLM 2 is particularly effective at learning languages that are closely related to each other,” explains the American manager in his blog.
With its arrival on Google Translate, the Amazigh language will gain great fame and occupy an important place in the international linguistic world. In fact, Google managers announced that they are “always applying the latest technologies to allow more people to access this tool”, which has clearly become more inclusive.
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