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now supports more languages than before —- another 110, to be precise. Google recently announced that it to its free translation service, in addition to the 24  . This addition was possible with the help of Google’s , which was . The AI was able to decode and translate languages spoken by small communities and even languages with almost no native speakers left. One-quarter of the new languages come from Africa (including Fon, Kikongo, Luo, Ga, Swati, Venda and Wolof).  Of all the updates to Google Translate, the bolstering of 110 more languages is the service’s largest addition ever. Adding so many languages in one sitting also brought Google closer to its original goal: the , where an AI model can support the 1,000 most spoken languages.  Out of all the new languages added, Google said that was one of the most requested add-ons and one of the trickiest to train. The company said that many Cantonese words overlap with the more common Mandarin language (simplified and traditional Chinese), which adds to the difficulty of finding data and training its AI model to translate accordingly. Other interesting additions include Tok Pisin, an English-based creole from Papua New Guinea. Unfortunately, a quick search on Google Translate showed that it has yet to add Singapore’s pidgin-to-creole language, Singlish. Google Translate celebrated its , and supported up to 100 languages then. Source: