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Many ancient and native languages in India have long struggled to maintain their identity within the larger and ever-changing linguistic ecosystem of the country. One of them has been the Ho language, spoken by the tribal communities in Jharkhand and Odisha. But thanks to artificial intelligence, the language is finding a new lease of life.

Dr Bikram Biruly, a scholar who once grazed cattle while practising his native script on a slate, is now pioneering the use of AI to preserve his mother tongue.

Biruly, whose work was reported in the Indian Express , hails from the Matkam Sahi village in Odisha's Mayurbhanj district - a place you would not usually find o

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