Infrastructure for African Languages

Increasing representation of African languages in NLP, LLMs, and AI

Infrastructure for African Languages

African Languages continue to lag behind in the rapid advancements of language technology and applications driven by LLMs. Princeton’s Infrastructure for African Languages initiative aims to increase representation of African languages while also foregrounding their values and culture.

This group runs a series projects, courses, and hosts speakers to generate campus-wide discussion about this important topic.

Contact CDH postdoc Happy Buzaaba to learn more and get involved in this research group.

Related projects

African_UD: Universal Dependencies Treebank for African Languages

Increasing the representation of African languages in NLP by creating quality datasets for eleven African languages

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African Languages in the Age of AI (AAA) Speaker Series

Bringing leading scholars to Princeton to discuss the opportunities and challenges for developing technologies that empower African languages

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Computational Approaches to Nigerian Literature

Experiments in NLP for texts in Yoruba and Efik

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Related events

African Languages in the Age of AI
Prof Vukosi

End-to-End African Language Technology

Oct 24 4:30PM–6:00PM
Ernest Mwebaze
African Languages in the Age of AI
Ernest Hi-Res
African Languages in the Age of AI
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