[A set of new languages](https://blog.google/products/translate/google-translate-new-languages-2024/) are now available for Google Translate. As with past enablements, it may take some time until they are available in the external APIs. Once they are available we may want to enable the [Google support in Content Translation](https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/diffusion/GCXS/browse/master/config/Google.yaml). This ticket compiles the languages to enable. Below you can find them grouped by their current support on Wikipedia:
**A) Languages with a Wikipedia and MT support already.** We can enable the new support from Google as a non-default to provide them another option, with no need for specific coordination:
# Acehnese (ace)
- Avar/Avaric (av)
- Awadhi (awa)
- Balinese (ban)
- Bambara (bm)
- Bashkir (ba)
- Betawi (bew)
- Breton (br)
- Chamorro (ch)
- Chechen (ce)
- Chuvash (cv)
- Dinka (din)
- Dzongkha (dz)
- Faroese (fo)
- Fijian (fj)
- Fon (fon)
- Friulian (fur)
- Iloko/Ilocano (ilo)
- Jamaican Patois/Jamaican Creole English (jam)
- Kapampangan (pam)
- Komi (kv)
- Konkani (gom)
- Latgalian (ltg)
- Ligurian (lij)
- Limburgish (li)
- Lombard (lmo)
- Manx (gv)
- Meadow/Eastern Mari (mhr)
- Meiteilon/Manipuri (mni)
- Minang/Minangkabau (min)
- Nepalbhasa/Newari (new)
- Sepedi/Northern Sotho (nso)
- Occitan (oc)
- Odia (or)
- Ossetian (os)
- Pangasinan (pag)
- Papiamento (pap)
- Rundi (rn)
- Sango (sg)
- Shan (shn)
- Sicilian (scn)
- Silesian (szl)
- Swati (ss)
- Tahitian (ty)
- Tetum (tet)
- Tibetan (bo)
- Tok Pisin (tpi)
- Tongan (to)
- Tswana (tn)
- Tulu (tcy)
- Tumbuka (tum)
- Tuvan/Tuvinian (tyv)
- Udmurt (udm)
- Venda (ve)
- Venetian (vec)
- Western Punjabi (pnb). !!Google translate supports Punjabi using Shahmukhi script with the code `pa-Arab`.!!
- Wolof (wo)
- Yakut (sah)
- Waray (war)
**Communication in progress**
**B) Languages with a Wikipedia but some open questions.** We want to check with communities whether the MT support is useful (in **bold** those getting machine translation for the first time), or some other questions about the specific variant used:
# **[[ https://ab.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%BF%D0%B5%D0%B4%D0%B8%D0%B0:%D0%9F%D0%BE%D1%80%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%BB_%D1%81%D0%BE%D0%BE%D0%B1%D1%89%D0%B5%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B2%D0%B0#Proposal_to_enable_Google_translate_support_in_your_Wikipedia | Abkhaz/Abkhazian ]] (ab)**
- **[[ https://bbc.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panghataion:Pogu_ni_Alaman#Proposal_to_enable_Google_translate_support_in_your_Wikipedia | Batak Toba ]] (bbc)**
- **[[ https://zh-yue.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:%E5%9F%8E%E5%B8%82%E8%AB%96%E5%A3%87_(%E6%8A%80%E8%A1%93)#%E6%8F%90%E8%AD%B0%E5%96%BA%E4%BD%A0%E5%98%85%E7%B6%AD%E5%9F%BA%E7%99%BE%E7%A7%91%E5%88%B0%E4%BD%BF%E7%94%A8Google%E7%BF%BB%E8%AD%AF%E6%94%AF%E6%8F%B4 | Cantonese ]] (zh-yue)**
- **[[ https://kl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Saqqaa#Proposal_to_enable_Google_Translate_support_in_your_Wikipedia | Kalaallisut ]] (kl)**
- **[[ https://mad.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikip%C3%A8%E1%B8%8Dia:B%C3%A2rung_Kopi#Proposal_to_enable_Google_Translate_support_in_your_Wikipedia | Madurese ]] (mad)**
- **[[ https://nqo.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DF%A5%DF%9E%DF%8C%DF%94%DF%98%DF%8B%DF%9E%DF%8E:%DF%93%DF%8F%DF%AC%DF%9F%DF%8F%DF%B2#Proposal_to_enable_Google_Translate_support_in_your_Wikipedia | NKo ]]** (nqo)
- ~~**[[ https://se.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Teknihkka#Proposal_to_enable_Google_Translate_support_in_your_Wikipedia | Northern Sami ]] (se)**~~
-- **Do not enable** for Northern Sami, a member of the community stated that the quality is poor and won't be useful for their work.
- [[ https://bcl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olay_sa_Wikipedia:Portal_kan_Komunidad#Request_for_feedback_on_machine_translation_support_variable_provided_by_Google_Translate_for_your_Wikipedia | Bikol ]] !!Google uses code `bik`. Wikipedia uses `bcl` for Central Bikol, but is is unclear whether that is the variant supported by Google. !!
-- **Enable** for Central Bikol. A contributor indicated that the MT will be useful in their Wikipedia.
- [[ https://crh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vikipediya:Meydan#Request_for_feedback_on_machine_translation_support_variable_provided_by_Google_Translate_for_your_Wikipedia | Crimean Tatar ]] (crh). !!Google translate provides translations with Cyrillic script, Crimean Tatar Wikipedia uses both Latin and Cyrillic scripts using a converter, we may want to check if the Google support is useful for the community!!
- [[ https://ff.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Damugal_renndo#Request_for_feedback_on_machine_translation_support_variable_provided_by_Google_Translate_for_your_Wikipedia | Fulani/Fula ]] (ff) !!This language has several varieties with several language codes, we may need to check with the community whether the variant provided by Google Translate is useful.!!
- [[ https://kg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Community_Portal#Request_for_feedback_on_machine_translation_support_variable_provided_by_Google_Translate_for_your_Wikipedia | Kikongo ]] (kg) !! We need to check with the community whether the variant provided by Google Translate is useful. In particular we may want to check if they find it useful to use the translations google provides for Kongo (kg), the ones provided for Kituba (ktu), or none of them!!
- [[ https://nah.wikipedia.org/wiki/Huiquipedia:Tlecuitl#Request_for_feedback_on_machine_translation_support_variable_provided_by_Google_Translate_for_your_Wikipedia | Nahuatl ]] (nah) !!Google uses code `nhe`. We need to check with the community whether the variant provided by Google Translate is useful!!
- [[ https://rmy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vikipidiya:Maladipnasko_than#Request_for_feedback_on_machine_translation_support_variable_provided_by_Google_Translate_for_your_Wikipedia | Romani ]](rom) !!The Vlax Romani wikipedia uses `rmy` code. We need to check with the community whether the variant provided by Google Translate is useful!!
- ~~[[ https://zgh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E2%B5%A1%E2%B5%89%E2%B4%BD%E2%B5%89%E2%B4%B1%E2%B5%89%E2%B4%B7%E2%B5%A2%E2%B4%B0:%E2%B4%B0%E2%B5%8F%E2%B5%8E%E2%B5%93%E2%B4%B3%E2%B4%B3%E2%B4%B0%E2%B5%94#Request_for_feedback_on_machine_translation_support_variable_provided_by_Google_Translate_for_your_Wikipedia | Tamazight ]] !!~~ Google uses code `ber` and supports both Tifinagh and Latin scripts. Wikipedia uses `zgh` for Standard Moroccan Tamazight (using the Tifinagh script), but is is unclear whether that is the variant supported by Google. !!
-- **Do not enable** for Tamazight. A member of the community indicated that Google's variant (Kabyle) is not the same as the Amazigh language with code zgh, which is officially recognised in Morocco and used in the wiki.
**C) Languages with no Wikipedia yet:**
# Acholi (ach)
- Afar (aa) !!In Incubator!!
- Alur (alz)
- Baluchi (bal) !!In incubator with three projects for codes `bgp`, `bgn`, and `bcc`!!
- Baoulé (bci) !!In Incubator!!
- Batak Karo (btx)
- Batak Simalungun (bts)
- Bemba (bem)
- Buryat (bua)
- Chuukese (chk)
- Dari (prs) !!Google uses `fa-AF` code!!
- Dogri (doi in Google, dgo in Wikimedia) !!In Incubator!!
- Dombe (ndq)
- Dyula (dyu)
- Ga (gaa) !!In Incubator!!
- Hakha Chin (cnh) !!In Incubator!!
- Hiligaynon (hil) !!In Incubator!!
- Hunsrik (hrx) !!In Incubator!!
- Iban (iba) !!In Incubator!!
- Jingpo (kac)
- Kanuri (kr) !!In incubator with code `knc`!!
- Khasi (kha)
- Kiga (cgg)
- Kituba (ktu)
- Kokborok (trp)
- Krio (kri) !!In Incubator!!
- Luo (luo) !!In Incubator!!
- Makassar (mak)
- Mam (mam)
- Marshallese (mh) !!In Incubator!!
- Marwadi (mwr in Google, rwr in Wikimedia) !!In Incubator!!
- Mauritian Creole (mfe) !!In Incubator!!
- Mizo (lus) !!In Incubator!!
- Ndau (ndc)
- Nuer (nus) !!In Incubator!!
- Qʼeqchiʼ (kek)
- Seychellois Creole (crs)
- Southern Ndebele (nr) !!In Incubator!!
- Susu (sus)
- Tiv (tiv)
- Yucatec Maya (yua) !!In Incubator!!
- Zapotec (zap) !!In Incubator!!
**D) Languages not to enable:**
- ~~Santali (sat)~~ !!Google translate uses Latin script, Santali Wikipedia uses Ol Chiki script.!!
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Related: {T308248}