WILLEMSTAD - The team behind LengaGPT, an artificial intelligence tool designed to read, understand and generate Papiamentu, has issued a progress update on the project’s development. The initiative, first demonstrated in prototype form in March 2025, aims to support and modernize the use of Papiamentu in the digital age.
According to the update, the project has made significant strides throughout 2025. The initiative is now formally operating under the umbrella of Stichting SPLIKA, a foundation dedicated to promoting Papiamentu and Caribbean culture in the Netherlands. The developers have also been actively approaching individuals and organizations willing to become data donors, providing Papiamentu-language documents needed to train and refine the AI model. The Data Donation Agreement, the legal framework that outlines how donated material is used, has now been finalized.
The team plans to open a new feature in the first quarter of 2026 that will allow donors to upload Papiamentu documents directly through the platform. They emphasized that a wide range of material is still needed, including news articles, literary works, blogs, policy papers, educational texts and other relevant documents written in Papiamentu.
Interested contributors will be asked to sign a Data Donation Agreement that explains in clear terms how their documents will be handled and used for training purposes. The project team underscores that community involvement is crucial to building a high-quality language model and ensuring that Papiamentu remains strong and visible in modern digital technologies.
Those who wish to participate can register via info@papiamentu.ai. The developers say that by working together, the community can take an important step toward preserving and elevating Papiamentu in the digital era.