论文标题
迈向非洲语言的非洲语言：我们在哪里，我们可以去哪里
Towards Afrocentric NLP for African Languages: Where We Are and Where We Can Go
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论文摘要
与ACL 2022有关“语言多样性：从低资源到濒危语言”的特殊主题，我们讨论了非洲语言NLP技术发展所面临的主要语言和社会政治挑战。将非洲语言置于类型学框架中，我们讨论如何利用这些语言的细节。为了促进未来的研究，我们还强调了当前的努力，社区，场地，数据集和工具。我们的主要目标是激励和倡导以非洲为中心的技术发展方法。考虑到这一点，我们建议\ textit {what}技术要构建和\ textit {}如何根据当地非洲社区的需求来构建，评估和部署它们。
Aligning with ACL 2022 special Theme on "Language Diversity: from Low Resource to Endangered Languages", we discuss the major linguistic and sociopolitical challenges facing development of NLP technologies for African languages. Situating African languages in a typological framework, we discuss how the particulars of these languages can be harnessed. To facilitate future research, we also highlight current efforts, communities, venues, datasets, and tools. Our main objective is to motivate and advocate for an Afrocentric approach to technology development. With this in mind, we recommend \textit{what} technologies to build and \textit{how} to build, evaluate, and deploy them based on the needs of local African communities.
