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license: cc-by-sa-4.0
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PumaNMT is a parallel dataset composed of 8,000 sentences in Nepali and Puma. It is intended to be used for fine-tuning Neural Machine Translation models and Large Language Models for Puma.
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Puma is a low-resource Sino-Tibetan language spoken in Nepal and nearby regions.
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This dataset was created and curated using a proprietary method developed by XRI Global which ensures coverage of a conceptual space when doing data collection. This method was developed in order to create the fastest and most affordable way to collect pristine in-domain data for low-resource languages optimized for fine-tuning language models.
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The contributors gave proper consent, were hired by a local agency, and were compensated fairly.
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For data collection, we utilized our mobile data collection app, Echonet, and our custom translation management system.
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The domain is somewhat generalized and the dataset is most effective at literary and narrative texts. It is less capable in other domains such as technical, scientific, or colloquial.
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If you are interested in creating ideal datasets for new languages, reach out to us at contact@xriglobal.ai
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