Language Technology for Less-Resourced Languages in the Nordics
One of the initiatives under Iceland's presidency in the Nordic council of Ministers in 2023 was thus to establish a working group made up of experts in the fields of languages and language technology. The group was to compile a report on the status of Nordic minority languages, and the languages of island nations in the Nordic region, in relation to language technology. Due to their low number of native speakers, these languages are at increased risk of being overwhelmed by rapid technological changes. Some of the languages are official languages, while others are not. As Iceland's presidency of the Nordic Council of Ministers has a strong tradition of promoting West Nordic cooperation and drawing attention to the uniqueness of the region, it was decided that the project group would focus particularly on minority languages in the region, as well as other West Nordic languages with less than a million native speakers, instead of Danish, Norwegian, Finnish and Swedish.
Report authors:
Steinþór Steingrímsson
Iben Nyholm Debess
Kimmo Granqvist
Per Langgård
Trond Trosterud
Stjórnarráð Íslands