transformers>=4.41.0
torch>=2.2.0
peft>=0.10.0
accelerate>=0.30.0


---
language:
  - yo
  - ig
tags:
  - translation
  - text-generation
  - nigerian-languages
  - causal-lm
  - peft
  - lora
pipeline_tag: text-generation
license: apache-2.0
---

# 🇳🇬 Nigerian Language LLM – Yoruba to Igbo Translator

This is a fine-tuned version of [`google/gemma-2b-it`](https://huggingface.co/google/gemma-2b-it) using Low-Rank Adaptation (LoRA) for **Yoruba → Igbo translation**.

## 🧠 Model Details

- **Base Model**: `google/gemma-2b-it`
- **Fine-tuned with**: PEFT (LoRA), using `q_proj` and `v_proj`
- **Task**: Causal Language Modeling
- **Use Case**: Translate Yoruba sentences to Igbo with cultural awareness
- **Training Data**: Nigerian bilingual dataset from `mydialecta/Dialecta_dataset`

## 🗣️ Example Prompt