Google Translate Just Added 110 More Languages
Google Translate can come in handy when you’re traveling or communicating with someone who speaks a different language, and thanks to a new update, you can now communicate with 614 million more people. Google is adding 110 new languages to its Translate tool using its large AI PaLM 2 language model (LLM), bringing the total number of languages supported to nearly 250. This equates to 24 languages added in 2022, including indigenous languages as well America. like those spoken in Africa and Central Asia.
Many of the newly added languages you’ve probably never heard of because they are only spoken by small communities or have no native speakers.
Cantonese, spoken primarily in southeastern China, Hong Kong and Macau, as well as in communities around the world, may be one of the most recognizable additions to this update. According to Google, the overlap between Cantonese and Mandarin, which was already available, makes LLM difficult to learn. Punjabi (Shahmukhi), the most widely spoken language in Pakistan, is now also available.
A quarter of the new languages supported come from Africa and include Afar, spoken in Djibouti, Eritrea and Ethiopia, and Tamazigh (Amazigh) Berber, used in North Africa, as well as Nko, Fon, Kikongo, Luo, Ga. , Swati, Wenda and Wolof.
You can now also use Google Translate to communicate in Manx, a Celtic language from the Isle of Man in the Irish Sea. The last native speaker of the Isle of Man died in 1974, leading to its near extinction, but thanks to revitalization efforts, the island is now home to a few dozen first-language speakers and a couple of thousand who speak Manx as a second language.
The update also includes Portuguese (Portugal), Tongan, Tibetan, Tahitian, Venetian, Sicilian, Fijian and Jamaican Patois.
The Google Translate app is available on the Apple App Store and Google Play Store. It can translate the text you paste as well as the text displayed on photos. It can also translate voice input and handwritten characters.