2022/04/06 by Ritesh Kumar, Kumar, Ritesh, Bornini Lahiri +1
Computer Science · Social Sciences · #Computation and Language (cs.CL) #FOS: Computer and information sciences #Multilingual Education and Policy #Natural Language Processing Techniques #South Asian Studies and Conflicts #cs.CL
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.2204.02822
To appear in Proceedings of Conference on Sanskrit and Indian Languages: Technology
arxiv created 2022/04/06 · openalex publication_date 2022/04/06 · arxiv updated 2022/04/07 · openalex created_date 2022/05/05 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
In the present paper, we will present a survey of the language resources and technologies available for the non-scheduled and endangered languages of India. While there have been different estimates from different sources about the number of languages in India, it could be assumed that there are more than 1,000 languages currently being spoken in India. However barring some of the 22 languages included in the 8th Schedule of the Indian Constitution (called the scheduled languages), there is hardly any substantial resource or technology available for the rest of the languages. Nonetheless there have been some individual attempts at developing resources and technologies for the different languages across the country. Of late, some financial support has also become available for the endangered languages. In this paper, we give a summary of the resources and technologies for those Indian languages which are not included in the 8th schedule of the Indian Constitution and/or which are endangered.