In Data or Invisible: Toward a Better Digital Representation of Low-Resource Languages with Knowledge Graphs

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2605.05931v1
• Date: Thu, 07 May 2026 09:36:54 GMT
• Title: In Data or Invisible: Toward a Better Digital Representation of Low-Resource Languages with Knowledge Graphs
• Abstract summary: This proposal focuses on the language coverage of Linked Open Data knowledge graphs (LOD KGs)<n>We identify key variables that characterize language distribution in LOD KGs, including the number of Wikipedia articles per language edition.<n>Building on this analysis, we intend to study the impact of cross-lingual transfer candidate selection on the task of multilingual KG completion.
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• Abstract: Emerging digital technologies are exacerbating the existing divide in Open Access Data (OAD) between high-and low-resource languages, excluding many communities from participating in the global digital transformation. In this PhD proposal, we aim to address this gap, focusing on the language coverage of Linked Open Data knowledge graphs (LOD KGs). First, we identify key variables that characterize language distribution in LOD, including the number of Wikipedia articles per language edition and the number of language-tagged entities in LOD KGs. These variables are analyzed across three major multilingual LOD KGs, DBpedia, BabelNet, and Wikidata, providing insights into the representation and distribution of languages within LOD. Building on this analysis, we intend to study the impact of cross-lingual transfer candidate selection on the task of multilingual KG completion. In particular, we plan to investigate strategies based on linguistic proximity and the availability of curated annotated alignments between languages. Language proximity also motivates us to explore the benefits of analogical reasoning that relies on (dis)similarities and has not yet been investigated to identify correspondences across languages to improve KG completion performance and enhance language coverage in LOD.

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