Google Translate adds Sorani Kurdish

Google previously only offered its translation service for the Kurmanji dialect of Kurdish.
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The new Google Pixel 4 phone is on display during a Google product launch event called Made by Google 19 on October 15, 2019 in New York City. - JOHANNES EISELE/AFP via Getty Images
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Google Translate is finally able to translate Sorani Kurdish. 

The search engine announced yesterday that it added 24 new languages to its digital translation service, including the Sorani dialect of Kurdish and various African, Indian and Native American languages. 

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