csimpkins

csimpkins, 6 months ago to bookstadon

The @letterformarchive Rare Book Sale, Dec 9

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https://letterformarchive.org/shop/rare-book-sale/ #books @bookstadon

csimpkins, 7 months ago to linguistics

This company is building AI for African languages

> There are thousands of languages in the world, 1,000 to 2,000 of them in Africa alone: it’s estimated that the continent accounts for one-third of the world’s languages. But though native speakers of English make up just 5% of the global population, the language dominates the web—and has now come to dominate AI tools, too.

https://www.technologyreview.com/2023/11/17/1083637/lelapa-ai-african-languages-vulavula/ #language #ai #linguistics @linguistics

csimpkins, 7 months ago to linguistics

The ‘Crispy R’ and Why R Is the Weirdest Letter

> You can learn an awful lot about people, culture, and politics by studying R.

http://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/what-is-a-crispy-r #linguistics @linguistics