{"id":9211,"date":"2022-02-03T01:44:25","date_gmt":"2022-02-03T01:44:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mailinvest.blog\/index.php\/2022\/02\/03\/inuinnaqtun-added-to-microsoft-translator-as-part-of-efforts-to-preserve-endangered-language\/"},"modified":"2022-02-03T01:44:25","modified_gmt":"2022-02-03T01:44:25","slug":"inuinnaqtun-added-to-microsoft-translator-as-part-of-efforts-to-preserve-endangered-language","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mailinvest.blog\/index.php\/2022\/02\/03\/inuinnaqtun-added-to-microsoft-translator-as-part-of-efforts-to-preserve-endangered-language\/","title":{"rendered":"Inuinnaqtun added to Microsoft Translator as part of efforts to preserve endangered language"},"content":{"rendered":"

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A week after Microsoft added the Inuit language of Inuktitut to its Microsoft Translator app<\/a>, Microsoft says feedback has been positive and residents are asking for more updates.<\/p>\n

Now the company is further expanding its inclusion of Inuit languages by offering text translations for Inuinnaqtun.<\/p>\n

Like Inuktitut, Inuinnaqtun is part of the Inuktut dialect. Fewer than 600 people speak Inuinnaqtun as their mother tongue, and it\u2019s on the list of UNESCO\u2019s endangered languages.<\/p>\n

The company announced it also updated Inuktitut language models on the app.<\/p>\n

Inuktitut is the primary dialect of the Inuktut language. 40,000 Inuit in Inuit Nunangat speak the language. 70 percent of Nunavut\u2019s residents also utilize the language.<\/p>\n

Microsoft shared the news on February 1st, at the start of Uqausirmut Quviasuutiqarniq. The annual celebration takes place in Nunavut and commemorates the Inuktut language.<\/p>\n

Microsoft says it worked with the Government of Nunavut to implement the project, and this announcement builds on that work to help preserve the language for future generations.<\/p>\n

Microsoft said community members are looking for more updates to make the program accessible over the long-term.<\/p>\n

Users can download Microsoft Translator on iOS,<\/a>\u00a0Android<\/a>, and Office and Translator for Bing<\/a>. Azure Cognitive Services Translator<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Azure Cognitive Services Speech<\/a>\u00a0also support Translator.<\/p>\n

Image credit: ShutterStock<\/em><\/p>\n

Source: Microsoft<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n