Have you ever thought about Cantonese and Irish being studied together in AI research?
A recent study by Chit-Fung Lam and Elaine Uí Dhonnchadha brings the two languages together to examine their grammatical structures and explore the capabilities of large language models in Cantonese–Irish translation and linguistic analysis. The study also found that AI still has significant limitations in these areas, highlighting the continued importance of expert linguistic analysis and verification.
The research forms part of the Parallel Grammar (ParGram) Project and is an interesting example of two very different languages being brought together through language technology research in Ireland.
Paper: Grammar Engineering Meets LLMs: Development of Cantonese and Irish ParGram Treebanks
Authors: Chit-Fung Lam and Elaine Uí Dhonnchadha
Published: August 2026
你有冇諗過，粵語同愛爾蘭語可以一齊做 AI 研究？
最近由 Chit-Fung Lam 同 Elaine Uí Dhonnchadha 撰寫嘅研究，就將粵語同愛爾蘭語放埋一齊，研究兩種語言嘅語法，同時探討大型語言模型喺粵語同愛爾蘭語翻譯及語言分析方面嘅能力。研究結果亦指出，現時 AI 喺呢方面仍然有唔少限制，語言專家嘅分析同核實仍然非常重要。
呢項研究屬於 Parallel Grammar (ParGram) Project，亦係一個幾有趣嘅例子，展示兩種背景同結構都好唔同嘅語言，可以喺愛爾蘭一齊出現喺語言科技研究入面。
研究： Grammar Engineering Meets LLMs: Development of Cantonese and Irish ParGram Treebanks
作者： Chit-Fung Lam、Elaine Uí Dhonnchadha
發表： 2026年8月