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BLEU Skies for Endangered Language Revitalization: Lemko Rusyn and Ukrainian Neural AI Translation Accuracy Soars
Abstract Accelerating global language loss, associated with elevated incidence of illicit substance use, type 2 diabetes, binge drinking, and assault, as well as sixfold higher youth suicide rates, poses a mounting challenge for minority, Indigenous, refugee, colonized, and immigrant communities. In environments where intergenerational transmission is often disrupted, artificial intelligence neural machine translation systems have…
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Winning Hearts & Tongues: A Polish to Lemko Case Study
When minority and local languages are lost, national security suffers: not only are significant increases in suicidality, depression, diabetes, assault, and substance abuse often documented, a void is created that has historically been exploited by adversaries. For example, millions from minority language communities ahistorically assume the Russian language and/or identity as their own…
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Lemko черевікы ⟨čerevikŷ⟩ ‘shoes’
The Lemko word черевікы ⟨čerevikŷ⟩ means shoes in English, черевики ⟨čerevyky⟩ in Standard Ukrainian, and buty in Polish.
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Lemko авто ⟨avto⟩ ‘car’
The neuter Lemko noun авто ⟨avto⟩ means car or automobile in English and auto or samochód in Polish. The accent is on the first syllable.
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Lemko земля ⟨zemlja⟩ ‘earth’
Learn how to translate, pronounce, memorize, and use the Lemko noun земля ⟨zemlja⟩ ‘earth’. With etymology and comprehensive references.
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Lemko рік ⟨rik⟩ ‘year’
Learn the meaning, origin and declension of Lemko рік ⟨rik⟩ ‘year’, plus how to memorize it.
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Lemko Demonstrative Pronouns
Learn the translation, etymology, and standardized declension of the Lemko demonstrative pronouns ⟨tot⟩ “this” and ⟨tamtot⟩ “that”.
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Say It Right: AI Neural Machine Translation Empowers New Speakers To Revitalize Lemko
Abstract Artificial-intelligence powered neural machine translation might soon resuscitate endangered languages by empowering new speakers to communicate in real time using sentences quantifiably closer to the literary norm than those of native speakers, and starting from day one of their language reclamation journey. While Silicon Valley has been investing enormous resources into neural translation technology…
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Lemko быти ⟨bŷty⟩ ‘be’
To be or not to be? Быти або не быти? That is the question, and now you can conjugate the infinitives made famous by the opening line of Hamlet’s soliloquy in Lemko using the automatic translation service LemkoTran, or craft your own copulae using this handy DIY guide. Translations The Lemko verb быти (scientific transliteration:…
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New Experiment: Lab-Made Lemko?
A new experiment tests the hypothesis that a machine can translate into the endangered language of Lemko.
