Microsoft Translator will increase variety of supported languages to 124!
Today, we’re excited to announce that we’ve 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 attain 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 whole variety of supported languages to 124 and provides language assist for greater than 335 million folks in Africa and worldwide.
Text translation for the 13 new African languages is out there now within the Microsoft Translator apps, Office, and Translator for Bing. Using Translator, a Microsoft Azure Cognitive Service, you may add African languages’ textual content translation to your apps, web sites, workflows, and instruments; or use Translator’s Document Translation characteristic to translate whole paperwork, or volumes of paperwork, in quite a lot of totally different file codecs preserving their unique formatting. You may also use Translator with Cognitive Services similar to Speech or Computer Vision so as to add further capabilities similar 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. Here are some helpful phrases in chiShona:
| English | chiShona |
| Hello | Mhoro |
| My identify is… | Zita randu ndi… |
| I’m from… | Ndinobva… |
Learn 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. Here are some helpful phrases in Hausa:
| English | Hausa |
| Hello | Sannu |
| My identify is… | Sunana… |
| I’m from… | Ni dan… |
Learn 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. Here are some helpful phrases in Igbo:
| English | Igbo |
| Hello | Ndewo |
| My identify is… | Aha m bụ… |
| I’m from… | Abụ m onye… |
Learn 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 is formally often called Ikinyarwanda. Here are some helpful phrases in Kinyarwanda:
| English | Kinyarwanda |
| Hello | Muraho |
| My identify is… | Nitwa… |
| I’m from… | Nturuka… |
Learn 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. Here are some helpful phrases in Lingala:
| English | Lingala |
| Hello | Mbote |
| My identify is… | Kombo nanga eza… |
| I’m from… | Naza mutu ya ekolo… |
Learn extra about Lingala on Bing.
The Luganda language is spoken by 21 million folks in Uganda. The language is within the Bantu language household. Here are some helpful phrases in Luganda:
| English | Luganda |
| Hello | Nkulamusizza |
| My identify is… | Erinnya lyange nze… |
| I’m from… | Nva… |
Learn 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 also called Chewa. Here are some helpful phrases in Nyanja:
| English | Nyanja |
| Hello | Moni |
| My identify is… | Dzina langa ndi… |
| I’m from… | Ndimachokera ku… |
Learn 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. Here are some helpful phrases in Rundi:
| English | Rundi |
| Hello | Ni gute |
| My identify is… | Amazina yanje ni… |
| I’m from… | Aho navukiye… |
Learn 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 also called Sotho or Souther Sotho. Here are some helpful phrases in Sesotho:
| English | Sesotho |
| Hello | Dumela |
| My identify is… | Lebitso la ka ke… |
| I’m from… | Ke tswa… |
Learn 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 also called Northern Sotho or Sepedi. Here are some helpful phrases in Sesotho sa Leboa:
| English | Sesotho sa Leboa |
| Hello | Dumela |
| My identify is… | Leina laka ke… |
| I’m from… | Ketswa… |
Learn extra about Sesotho sa Leboa on Bing.
The Setswana language is spoken by 13 million folks in Botswana, South Africa, Zimbabwe, and Namibia. Here are some helpful phrases in Setswana:
| English | Setswana |
| Hello | Dumela |
| My identify is… | Leina lame ke… |
| I’m from… | Ke tswa kwa… |
Learn extra about Setswana on Bing.
The Xhosa language is spoken by 10 million folks in South Africa, Zimbabwe, and Botswana. It is within the Bantu household of languages. Here are some helpful phrases in Xhosa:
| English | Xhosa |
| Hello | Molo |
| My identify is… | Igama lam ngu… |
| I’m from… | Ndisuka e… |
Learn extra about Xhosa on Bing.
The Yoruba language is spoken by 55 million folks in Nigeria, Benin, and Togo. Here are some helpful phrases in Yoruba:
| English | Yoruba |
| Hello | Ẹ pẹ̀lẹ́ o |
| My identify is… | Orúkọ mi ni… |
| I’m from… | Mo wá láti… |
Learn extra about Yoruba on Bing.
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