Call for participation - Low-Resource Indic Language Translation (INDIC MT) @ WMT2026

Dear All,

We are pleased to inform you that we are hosting the "*Shared Task on
Low-Resource Indic Language Translation*" again this year as part of the
Workshop on Machine Translation (WMT 2026). Following the outstanding
success and enthusiastic participation witnessed in the previous year's
edition (INDIC MT Task - WMT 2025, WMT 2024 and WMT 2023), we are excited
to continue this important initiative, especially in North Eastern
Languages. Despite recent advancements in machine translation (MT), such as
multilingual translation and transfer learning techniques, the scarcity of
parallel data remains a significant challenge, particularly for
low-resource languages.

The WMT 2026 Indic Machine Translation Shared Task aims to address this
challenge by focusing on low-resource Indic languages from diverse language
families. Specifically, we are targeting languages such as *Assamese, Mizo,
Khasi, Manipuri, Nyishi, Bodo, and Kokborok*. In addition, WMT 2026
introduces three new languages to the shared task: *Karbi, Tagin, Nagamese
and Mishing*.

Additionally, you can find more details and updates on the task through the
following link:

Task Link: https://www2.statmt.org/wmt26/indic-mt-task.html.

We highly encourage participants to register in advance so that we can
provide updates regarding the release dates of data and other relevant
information periodically

To register for the event, please fill out the registration form available
here:

Link: https://forms.gle/VfADz8BA3sASbNqu5

For inquiries and further information, please contact us at
[email protected].


Thanks & Regards,
Dr. Partha Pakray
*WMT - Indic Task Organizers, 2026*

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