Taukeer Alam, while speaking his language, Van Gujjari. This post first appeared as a part of Global Voices’ April 2026 Spotlight series, “ Human perspectives on AI ,” a series offering insight. into how AI is being used in global majority countries, how its use and implementation are affecting individual communities, what this AI experiment might mean for future generations, and more. As the majority of the world’s languages are spoken, their speakers’ knowledge is also oral. Yet, Wikipedia and most publications require written citations. The OpenSpeaks Archives , a digital language archive started in 2024, helps Wikimedians cite Indigenous oral knowledge. This project’s technical and educational infrastructure helps community-based language archivists document, transcribe, and archive their languages. It now hosts nearly 20 languages from India, Nepal, and Sri Lanka.…