Language Egineering in Lithuania

Article type: Research Article

Authors: Lipeikienė, Joana | Lipeika, Antanas

Affiliations: Institute of Mathematics and Informatics, Akademijos 4, 2600 Vilnius, Lithuania. E-mail: lipeika@ktl.mii.lt

Abstract: Language engineering encompassing natural language processing and speech processing became very important for a development of every nation in multilingual Europe. After the Council of European Union approved conclucions on linguistic and cultural diversity, tools and systems created for every European language are necessary to overcome language barriers and to use all languages in various spheres of human cooperation. The paper gives an overview and a consideration of language engineering in Lithuania.

Keywords: language engineering, natural language processing, speech processing

DOI: 10.3233/INF-1998-9405

Journal: Informatica, vol. 9, no. 4, pp. 449-456, 1998