Scope African language services
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African requests often need early availability review. This is common for Ethiopian, Eritrean, West African, and Sahel-belt languages. Frequent work includes refugee resettlement, public health, and AI training data. DD supplies certified translation for immigration and asylum proceedings, including birth certificates, marriage records, court decisions, and identity documents formatted to USCIS and receiving-country requirements. Public-health programs rely on DD for community outreach materials, informed consent, and interpreter services in clinic and hospital settings. AI and NLP clients use DD for speech data collection, transcription, and annotation in under-resourced African languages.
Representative languages and project contexts.
Each request is reviewed for the language or variant, script, recipient, domain, and project timing before DD confirms a written scope.
| Language | Script | Community or project context |
|---|---|---|
| Tigrinya | Geʽez | Eritrea, Northern Ethiopia |
| Amharic | Geʽez | Ethiopia |
| Oromo | Latin / Geʽez | Ethiopia, Kenya |
| Somali | Latin | Horn of Africa diaspora |
| Wolof | Latin | Senegal, Gambia |
| Hausa | Latin | West Africa |
| Yoruba | Latin | Nigeria, Benin |
| Igbo | Latin | Southeast Nigeria |
| Fula (Pulaar) | Latin / Adlam | Sahel belt |
| Bambara | Latin / N'Ko | Mali |
| Tamazight | Tifinagh / Latin | Morocco, Algeria |
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Individual language pages for African languages — project contexts, scripts, and common request types:
- Afrikaans · Afrikaans
- Amharic · አማርኛ
- Bambara · Bamanankan
- Cape Verdean Creole · Kriolu Kabuverdianu
- Dinka · Thuɔŋjäŋ
- Fulani · Fulfulde / Pulaar
- Hausa · Harshen Hausa
- Igbo · Igbo
- Kikuyu · Gĩkũyũ
- Kinyarwanda · Ikinyarwanda
- Kirundi · Ikirundi
- Krio · Krio
- Lingala · Lingála
- Malagasy · Malagasy
- Mandinka · Mandinka
- Nuer · Thok Naath
- Oromo · Afaan Oromoo
- Shona · chiShona
- Somali · Soomaali
- Soninke · Soninke
- Swahili · Kiswahili
- Tigrinya · ትግርኛ
- Twi · Twi
- Wolof · Wollof
- Xhosa · isiXhosa
- Yoruba · Yorùbá
- Zulu · isiZulu
Script families covered.
Latin · Geʽez · Tifinagh · N'Ko · Vai
64+ active languages, with hard-to-find language availability confirmed during request check.
Ethiopian and Eritrean languages use Ethiopic script. They need font and layout checks before delivery. Sahel, Maghreb, and West African languages such as Fula, Bambara, and Tamazight may use Latin, Adlam, or Tifinagh. The right script depends on the audience. Refugee-resettlement and public-health programs often need spoken interpreting and audio review. They are not document-only requests. Hard-to-find pairs get an availability check before any timeline is promised. For immigration documents, confirm the receiving forum, formatting, names and dates, and certification wording in the scope. Interpreting qualifications and any audio metadata or validation method are likewise confirmed for the request.
Common requests in this region.
Translation and transcription for refugee resettlement; AI training data annotation; public-health interpretation; multimedia for diaspora outreach. Certified document translation for immigration, asylum, and family reunification. Court and medical interpreting with venue-matched credentials. Community outreach and health-education materials in plain language. Speech data collection, transcription, and annotation for African-language NLP. Subtitling and dubbing for diaspora media and streaming content. Telephone and video remote interpreting for clinics, schools, and legal aid organizations.
Questions about African language requests
How should an African language request name the script?
Provide the exact language and variety, intended audience, script, and a non-sensitive source example when possible. Specify the required editable or publication format. DD checks language, script handling, and reviewer fit before accepting the work rather than assuming one writing system fits every request.
What helps DD check an under-resourced African pair?
Send both language directions, the regional or community context, subject matter, task type, and deadline. Name the intended reader or speaker and any qualification requirement. DD confirms the particular pair through an availability review before a staffing or timing commitment is made.
What should an African speech-data request explain?
Describe the requested languages and varieties, recording or transcript inputs, speaker rules, label instructions, and output format. Include consent and access requirements that your project owner has established. DD checks task and language fit before proposing the sample, review, and delivery scope.