Language is a fundamental aspect of human culture and expression, yet not all languages receive equal attention in the realms of research and technological development. Many languages, often referred to as under-resourced languages, lack the necessary linguistic resources and tools to fully harness the potential of modern computational and natural language processing technologies.
The Proceedings of the 3rd Annual Meeting of the Special Interest Group on Under-resourced Languages (SIGUL2024) at LREC-COLING 2024 serve as a testament to the growing awareness and commitment within the research community to address the challenges faced by these languages.
SIGUL 2024 aims at providing a platform for researchers, practitioners, and stakeholders to come together, share insights, and collaborate on innovative solutions to empower technological uptake for all languages equally. In these proceedings, you will find a collection of papers that explore various facets of underresourced languages, including data collection, annotation, machine learning techniques, and applications in fields such as machine translation, speech recognition, and information retrieval.
Each contribution represents a step forward in the collective effort to bridge the digital divide and ensure linguistic diversity is preserved and celebrated in the digital age.