Microsoft Translator will increase variety of supported languages to 124!
At present, we’re excited to announce that we have now added 13 new African languages to Microsoft Translator! Following final yr’s launch of Somali and Zulu, this launch highlights our continued efforts of empowering African language communities to realize extra. Microsoft Translator now helps:
- chiShona (7 million audio system)
- Hausa (72 million audio system)
- Igbo (40 million audio system)
- Kinyarwanda (10 million audio system)
- Lingala (65 million audio system)
- Luganda (21 million audio system)
- Nyanja (1 million audio system)
- Rundi (12 million audio system)
- Sesotho (14 million audio system)
- Sesotho sa Leboa (15 million audio system)
- Setswana (13 million audio system)
- Xhosa (10 million audio system)
- Yoruba (55 million audio system)
This brings our complete variety of supported languages to 124 and provides language assist for greater than 335 million folks in Africa and worldwide.
Textual content translation for the 13 new African languages is accessible now within the Microsoft Translator apps, Workplace, and Translator for Bing. Utilizing Translator, a Microsoft Azure Cognitive Service, you’ll be able to add African languages’ textual content translation to your apps, web sites, workflows, and instruments; or use Translator’s Doc Translation characteristic to translate whole paperwork, or volumes of paperwork, in a wide range of totally different file codecs preserving their unique formatting. You can even use Translator with Cognitive Companies comparable to Speech or Laptop Imaginative and prescient so as to add further capabilities comparable to speech-to-text and picture translation into your apps.
The chiShona language is spoken by 7 million folks in Zimbabwe and Mozambique. The language is within the Bantu language household. Listed below are some helpful phrases in chiShona:
| English | chiShona |
| Whats up | Mhoro |
| My title is… | Zita randu ndi… |
| I’m from… | Ndinobva… |
Be taught extra about chiShona on Bing.
The Hausa language is spoken by 72 million folks in Niger, Nigeria, and Benin, in addition to all through different West African international locations. The language is within the Chadic department of the Afroasiatic language household. Listed below are some helpful phrases in Hausa:
| English | Hausa |
| Whats up | Sannu |
| My title is… | Sunana… |
| I’m from… | Ni dan… |
Be taught extra about Hausa on Bing.
The Igbo language is spoken by 40 million folks in Nigeria, Equatorial Guinea, and Cameroon. The language is within the Niger-Congo language household. Listed below are some helpful phrases in Igbo:
| English | Igbo |
| Whats up | Ndewo |
| My title is… | Aha m bụ… |
| I’m from… | Abụ m onye… |
Be taught extra about Igbo on Bing.
The Kinyarwanda language is spoken by 10 million folks in Rwanda, Uganda, DR Congo, and Tanzania. The language is within the Bantu language household. It’s formally often called Ikinyarwanda. Listed below are some helpful phrases in Kinyarwanda:
| English | Kinyarwanda |
| Whats up | Muraho |
| My title is… | Nitwa… |
| I’m from… | Nturuka… |
Be taught extra about Kinyarwanda on Bing.
The Lingala language is spoken by 65 million folks in DR Congo and the Republic of the Congo. The language is within the Bantu language household. Listed below are some helpful phrases in Lingala:
| English | Lingala |
| Whats up | Mbote |
| My title is… | Kombo nanga eza… |
| I’m from… | Naza mutu ya ekolo… |
Be taught extra about Lingala on Bing.
The Luganda language is spoken by 21 million folks in Uganda. The language is within the Bantu language household. Listed below are some helpful phrases in Luganda:
| English | Luganda |
| Whats up | Nkulamusizza |
| My title is… | Erinnya lyange nze… |
| I’m from… | Nva… |
Be taught extra about Luganda on Bing.
The Nyanja language is spoken by 1 million audio system in Malawi, Mozambique, and Zambia. The language is within the Bantu language household. It is usually often called Chewa. Listed below are some helpful phrases in Nyanja:
| English | Nyanja |
| Whats up | Moni |
| My title is… | Dzina langa ndi… |
| I’m from… | Ndimachokera ku… |
Be taught extra about Nyanja on Bing.
The Rundi language is spoken by 12 million audio system in Burundi, Rwanda, Tanzania, DR Congo, Uganda, and Kenya. The languages is within the Bantu household of languages. Listed below are some helpful phrases in Rundi:
| English | Rundi |
| Whats up | Ni gute |
| My title is… | Amazina yanje ni… |
| I’m from… | Aho navukiye… |
Be taught extra about Rundi on Bing.
The Sesotho language is spoken by 14 million audio system in Lesotho, South Africa, and Zimbabwe. The language is within the Bantu household of languages. It is usually often called Sotho or Souther Sotho. Listed below are some helpful phrases in Sesotho:
| English | Sesotho |
| Whats up | Dumela |
| My title is… | Lebitso la ka ke… |
| I’m from… | Ke tswa… |
Be taught extra about Sesotho on Bing.
The Sesotho sa Leboa language is spoken by 15 million audio system in South Africa. The language is within the Bantu household of languages. It is usually often called Northern Sotho or Sepedi. Listed below are some helpful phrases in Sesotho sa Leboa:
| English | Sesotho sa Leboa |
| Whats up | Dumela |
| My title is… | Leina laka ke… |
| I’m from… | Ketswa… |
Be taught extra about Sesotho sa Leboa on Bing.
The Setswana language is spoken by 13 million folks in Botswana, South Africa, Zimbabwe, and Namibia. Listed below are some helpful phrases in Setswana:
| English | Setswana |
| Whats up | Dumela |
| My title is… | Leina lame ke… |
| I’m from… | Ke tswa kwa… |
Be taught extra about Setswana on Bing.
The Xhosa language is spoken by 10 million folks in South Africa, Zimbabwe, and Botswana. It’s within the Bantu household of languages. Listed below are some helpful phrases in Xhosa:
| English | Xhosa |
| Whats up | Molo |
| My title is… | Igama lam ngu… |
| I’m from… | Ndisuka e… |
Be taught extra about Xhosa on Bing.
The Yoruba language is spoken by 55 million folks in Nigeria, Benin, and Togo. Listed below are some helpful phrases in Yoruba:
| English | Yoruba |
| Whats up | Ẹ pẹ̀lẹ́ o |
| My title is… | Orúkọ mi ni… |
| I’m from… | Mo wá láti… |
Be taught extra about Yoruba on Bing.
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At work
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