Quantum Natural Language Processing for Morphologically Rich Languages: A Case Study on Persian
Alireza Rezaei, Azam Bastanfard
The utilization of quantum computing theory to natural language processing (NLP), or Quantum Natural Language Processing (QNLP), has the potential to efficiently address the complexities of morphologically rich languages (MRLs) like Persian. The study is grounded on examining the ability of QNLP models, specifically the DisCoCat model and tensor network representations, to enhance semantic understanding, disambiguation, and syntactic modeling of Persian. Based on the strong morphological features of Persian, syntactical variability, and resource limitation, standard NLP methods are highly restricted. By leveraging the capabilities of quantum-inspired models and platforms such as Lambeq and PennyLane—augmented by language-specific preprocessing, morphological processing, and embeddings—this research provides a blueprint towards more accurate and resource-efficient NLP deployments for Persian. The quantum semantic models that have been proposed leverage superposition, entanglement, and category theory to enhance linguistic subtleties encoding and thus perform better at translation, sentiment analysis, and syntactic parsing. This research emphasizes the potential of quantum-inspired methods in revolutionizing NLP for morphologically rich and low-resource languages, paving the way for experimental tests on quantum hardware in the future and increased linguistic applications.
Artificial Intelligence Tools in Software and Data Engineering (AITSDE)•Sep 17, 2025•0 citations