Forget Duolingo – Google Translate Just Got a Huge AI Upgrade That Gives It Over 100 New Languages

Google Translate is adding 110 new languages ​​to its library, the largest expansion ever on the platform. The update uses Google’s major language model PaLM 2, an artificial intelligence tool that helps accurately translate into a wider range of languages ​​than before. These languages ​​are spoken by approximately 614 million people, or about 8% of the world’s population.

The list includes some commonly spoken languages, dialects and languages ​​indigenous to smaller communities. Notably, African languages ​​saw their greatest expansion, with Fon, Kikongo, Luo, Ga, Swati, Venda and Wolof joining the list. At the other end of the spectrum, Cantonese is probably one of the most spoken languages ​​on the new list, along with Punjabi (Shahmukhi), the most spoken language in Pakistan.