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https://www.europesays.com/people/71184/ Anthropic, Gates Foundation launch $200 million partnership for AI in health, education #AfricanLanguages #Anthropic #BillGates #ClaudeAI #ElizabethKelly #FinancialCommitment #GatesFoundation #JanetZhou

https://www.europesays.com/people/71103/ Anthropic, Gates Foundation launch $200 million partnership for AI in health, education #AfricanLanguages #Anthropic #BillGates #ClaudeAI #ElizabethKelly #FinancialCommitment #GatesFoundation #JanetZhou

Nigerian blockchain leader advocates AI to save African languages - The use of blockchain and AI for improvement in various areas of society... - https://cointelegraph.com/news/ai-blockchain-preserve-african-languages #languagepreservation #endangeredlanguages #africanlanguages #techinnovation #blockchain #nigeria #lingoai #biccon #ai

@topafricatrends
Cool fact!

But it's not the only writing system specially adapted to an African language. Another example is the Vai syllabary: https://omniglot.com/writing/vaisyllabary.htm

#WritingSystem #AfricanLanguages

https://archive.org/details/awing-english

Awing - English Dictionary and English - Awing Index by Alomofor Christian

Topics
#Mbɨ́ɨwiŋə, #Awing, #Mbwewi, #Cameroon, #Kamerun, #bilingualdictionary, #bilingualdictionaries, #translationdictionary, #translationdictionaries, #Africanlanguages, #indigenouslanguages, #languagesofCameroon, #languagesofKamerun, #languagesofAfrica

CABTAL (Cameroon Association for Bible Translation and Literacy), Yaoundé.

Can people engage in debates about digitisation using indigenous languages? How does linguistic colonialism manifest itself in digital technologies? What are the implications of digital platform use for the future of African languages?

Looking forward to this online event on "African languages and technological transformations: debating knowledge, rights and power on a digital continent":
http://kingsdh.net/2023/02/23/africa-week/

#digitalhumanities #digitalculture #digitalrights #platformstudies #colonialism #linguisticcolonialism #decolonisation #language #africanlanguages #commodon #mediastudies #internetstudies #africaweek

https://archive.org/details/ocean-of-letters

Ocean of Letters: Language and Creolization in an Indian Ocean Diaspora by Pier M. Larson

Topics
#IndianOcean, #history, #Africanhistory, #historyofAfrica, #Madagascar, #Comoros, #theComoros, #SouthAfrica, #Azania, #Malagasydiaspora, #Malagasy, #Africanliterature, #literatureofAfrica, #imperialism, #colonialism, #antiblackness, #slavery, #slavetrade, #blackchattelslavery, #linguistics, #sociolinguistics, #Africanlanguages, #languagesofAfrica

@danie10
Ps. pls invite Phumzile Phago over :)

ps2. is there a #languages mastodon yet?

#language #africa #african #languages #africanlanguages
#bantu #tsonga #xhosa #zulu