Microsoft now offers translation in two dialects of Kurdish

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US-based technology company Microsoft has announced that its translation service will now offer translation in Kurmanjî and Soranî dialects.

In a statement published on the official website of the company on August 20, it has been indicated, "Today, Microsoft Translator adds two Kurdish dialects, Northern and Central, to its list of text translation languages. Northern and Central Kurdish are available now, or will be available soon, in the Microsoft Translator app, Office, and Translator for Bing."

The statement of the company is briefly as follows:

"You can also use Azure Cognitive Services Translator in your own applications, websites, and tools to add Northern and Central Kurdish text translation to or from more than 70 languages.

"To translate speech into Kurdish text, or to translate Kurdish text into another language with speech output, you can use Azure Cognitive Services Speech, which combines Translator's AI-powered translation service with Speech's advanced speech recognition and speech synthesis.

"Northern and Central Kurdish are the two most common forms of the Kurdish language. Northern Kurdish, also known as Kurmanji, is spoken in Turkey, Syria, northern Iraq, and northwest and northeast Iran by 15-17 million Kurds. Central Kurdish, also known as Sorani, is spoken in Iraqi Kurdistan and western Iran by an estimated 9-12 million Kurds. These two dialects make up about 75% of all Kurdish speakers." (HA/SD)

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