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About
Us
SilkRoadNLP will be the first ACL-affiliated forum dedicated to the computational study of the Iranian language family in the LLM era. The workshop aims to:
1. Highlight advances in NLP analysis, datasets, benchmarks, and modeling methods;
2. Examine how LLMs can be responsibly extended to Iranian languages;
3. Address cultural and sociopragmatic challenges through culturally aware NLP;
4. Foster collaboration across computational linguistics, sociolinguistics, digital humanities,
and AI governance; and 5. Create a centralized repository for Iranian language
family resources.
Topics: We invite work on computational analysis,
resource creation, and tool development for the
languages of the Iranian family, including speech,
multimodal, and historical language processing.
Relevant themes include LLM adaptation, evaluation
frameworks, cross-script processing, educational
applications, and culturally aware NLP
approaches, with emphasis on low-resource, endangered,
and minority varieties.
SilkRoadNLP 2026
NLP and Large Language Models for the Iranian Language Family
March 29, 2026. Rabat, Morocco.
Welcome!
Welcome to SilkRoadNLP 2026, the first international workshop dedicated to advancing research in Natural Language Processing and Large Language Models for the Iranian Language Family. Held in Rabat, Morocco, on March 29, 2026, as part of EACL 2026, this workshop brings together linguists, computational linguists, AI researchers, and technologists to explore how language models can illuminate, and be informed by, the rich linguistic and cultural tapestry of the Silk Road.
The Iranian languages, spanning Persian, Kurdish, Pashto, Balochi, Gilaki, Mazandarani, Luri, and many others, represent a continuum of linguistic diversity, historical depth, and modern relevance. Yet, many remain underrepresented in computational resources and NLP research. Our goal is to bridge this gap by fostering collaboration across regions and disciplines—linking computational linguistics, language documentation, typology, sociolinguistics, and AI development.
SilkRoadNLP: The first ACL forum on low-resource NLP and LLMs in the Iranian language family.
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