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Determination of language from a text sample

In natural language processing, language identification or language guessing is the problem of determining which natural language a given content is in. Computational approaches to this problem view it as a special case of text categorization, solved with various statistical methods. Wikipedia →

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  1. Read the overview: Language identificationA 5-minute orientation
  2. Skim a recent paper: Sign language identification and recognition: A comparative studyInfluential work since 2022
  3. Pick up a classic book: Riding FreedomThe most-reprinted book on the subject
  4. Read the landmark paper: Language identification in the limitCited 2,403 times
  5. Go sideways: Natural language processingA closely related topic
  6. Go sideways: Native-language identificationA closely related topic

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  1. Overview
  2. Identifying similar languages
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