{"id":1160590,"date":"2026-01-20T21:38:57","date_gmt":"2026-01-21T05:38:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/?post_type=msr-project&p=1160590"},"modified":"2026-05-07T15:55:32","modified_gmt":"2026-05-07T22:55:32","slug":"ai-for-low-resource-languages","status":"publish","type":"msr-project","link":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/project\/ai-for-low-resource-languages\/","title":{"rendered":"AI for Low-Resource Languages"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Bridging the language gap<\/h1>\n\n\n\n

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Giving every language a place in the digital world<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Language is more than communication\u2014it sustains culture, identity, and opportunity<\/strong>. Yet most of the world\u2019s languages remain underrepresented in today\u2019s AI systems because they have limited digital content, few high-quality datasets, and little benchmark data to measure progress.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Our work focuses on practical, partner-driven pathways to make modern AI usable and safer in low-resource settings\u2014combining data stewardship, evaluation benchmarks, translation tools, and adaptable training workflows that can be reused across languages and contexts.<\/p>\n<\/div>

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LINGUA Africa Open Call for Inclusive AI Language Projects – now open<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

LINGUA Africa is a new open call for proposals from the Microsoft AI for Good Lab, Masakhane African Languages Hub, the Gates Foundation,\u00a0and Google.org to develop and advance language models for African languages and strengthen the foundations for inclusive AI.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

LINGUA Africa builds on LINGUA Europe, with a focus on applications, grounding innovation in real-world impact by supporting community-led efforts and enabling people to act on critical information in their own languages.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Application Deadline: 15 June 2026<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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LINGUA Europe awardees announced<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The Microsoft AI for Good Lab has announced the awardees of LINGUA: Expanding Europe\u2019s Voices in AI<\/strong>, an open call supporting ethical, open dataset creation for European languages underrepresented in digital spaces and AI systems.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The selected projects span 16 languages and dialects across 10 countries, representing a diverse mix of low\u2011resource, vulnerable, and underrepresented linguistic communities. Led by universities, nonprofits, a government language center and public broadcaster, the awardees are advancing multilingual AI by expanding access to speech and text data and strengthening Europe\u2019s linguistic diversity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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