Languages

Meta’s SeamlessM4T AI puts it a step closer to creating a universal translator that eliminates the language barrier for good.

Speech is unique to humans, yet most brain structures involved in speech are also present in Old World monkeys and other primates — except this one.

For centuries, a grammatical problem surrounding a meta-rule in Pāṇini's Aṣṭādhyāyī has risked readers misinterpreting the text.

Translating an ancient language is a time-intensive process, and only a few hundred experts are qualified to perform it. Could AI do the job?

A new algorithm is helping decode ancient cuneiform tablets — including those containing the oldest known work of world literature.

Three Stanford students have launched Sanas, a startup developing the world’s first real-time speech accent translator.

A new AI dubbing tech called TrueSync matches actors’ mouths with recorded dialogue to make watching a movie in an unknown language feel less jarring.

Neanderthals appear to have had the capacity to hear verbal language, suggesting that modern human communication has ancient roots.

Sign language users are adapting to the limitations of video conferencing platforms, which have become more popular due to the pandemic.

An algorithm that can identify the closest living relatives of lost languages could help linguists unlock the meaning of ancient texts.