Exploring the world's languages with Language Explorer

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According to public reporting via Google Research Blog, natural Language Processing November 9, 2026 Daan van Esch, Senior Technical Program Manager, Google DeepMind and Uche Okonkwo, Senior Program Manager, Google Research Language Explorer, featured in an exhibition at the Museum of Communication in Berlin, Germany, lets you explore the world's linguistic diversity online through visualizations and data.

In related context, quick links Language Explorer site Exhibition online companion Share Copy link × Our world has a fascinating wealth of languages, and for over two decades, Google has been building language technologies that cover as many languages as possible. In 2006, we started a small experiment with Google Translate, supporting just two languages (English and Arabic) at the time. Fast forward to today: nearly 250 languages are supported, with around a trillion words translated every month .

Reporting also notes that our commitment to linguistic diversity runs across products, all in service of our mission to organize the world’s information and make it universally accessible and useful. Building products that reflect the world's linguistic diversity takes far more than software engineering; it requires close collaboration with the communities we aim to serve, building in a way that's deeply aligned and respectful of local communities, heritage, history, values and context. This is why we've been working on grassroots initiatives like Project Vaani in India and Project Waxal in Africa, partnering with local organizations to collect thousands of hours of open speech data across underserved languages. But gathering this data is only one part of the journey.

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