Pleias andGSMA Launch ‘CommonLingua’, an  Open Source Language Identification Model supporting 61 African Languages (opens in new tab)

CommonLingua, the first joint release under the GSMA’s “AI Language Models in Africa, by Africa, for Africa” initiative, is a compact 2-million-parameter open-source model covering 334 languages – including 61 African languages – and outperforming systems up to 300 times large 28 April 2026, London: Pleias and the GSMA today announced the release of CommonLingua, an open-source language identification (LID) model purpose-built to unlock African language […] The post Pleias andGSMA Launch ‘Com...