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most citedInkubaLM: A small language model for low-resource African languages

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cs.CL2026

Measuring Research Progress and Linguistic Inclusion in Low-Resource Languages

Atnafu Lambebo Tonja, Tadesse Destaw Belay, Jesujoba Oluwadara Alabi +6

Large Language Models (LLMs) have accelerated research on low-resource and multilingual NLP, but their effectiveness in creating an equitable landscape remains unmapped. We analyze…

cs.LG2026

Position: the Stochastic Parrot in the Coal Mine. Model Collapse is a Threat to Low-Resource Communities

Devon Jarvis, Richard Klein, Benjamin Rosman +2

Model collapse, the degradation in performance that arises when generative models are trained on the outputs of prior models, is an increasing concern as artificially generated con…

cs.CL2025★ 1 cited

The Esethu Framework: Reimagining Sustainable Dataset Governance and Curation for Low-Resource Languages

Jenalea Rajab, Anuoluwapo Aremu, Everlyn Asiko Chimoto +12

This paper presents the Esethu Framework, a sustainable data curation framework specifically designed to empower local communities and ensure equitable benefit-sharing from their l…

cs.CL2024

The Zeno's Paradox of `Low-Resource' Languages

Hellina Hailu Nigatu, Atnafu Lambebo Tonja, Benjamin Rosman +2

The disparity in the languages commonly studied in Natural Language Processing (NLP) is typically reflected by referring to languages as low vs high-resourced. However, there is li…

cs.CL2024★ 1 cited

InkubaLM: A small language model for low-resource African languages

Atnafu Lambebo Tonja, Bonaventure F. P. Dossou, Jessica Ojo +8

High-resource language models often fall short in the African context, where there is a critical need for models that are efficient, accessible, and locally relevant, even amidst s…