36.2742, Software: KhasiBERT: Foundational Language Model for Khasi

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Subject: 36.2742, Software: KhasiBERT: Foundational Language Model for Khasi

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Date: 12-Sep-2025
From: B Nyalang [jasonnyal at gmail.com]
Subject: KhasiBERT: Foundational Language Model for Khasi


KhasiBERT is the first open-source AI language model trained
exclusively on Khasi-language corpora. Developed by MWire Labs, it
supports civic NLP tasks such as translation, summarization, and
search, and is designed for linguistic preservation and inclusive
digital access.
Khasi belongs to the Khasic branch of the Austroasiatic language
family and is spoken by over 1.4 million people in Northeast India.
Despite its active use, Khasi remains underrepresented in digital
infrastructure and linguistic research.
KhasiBERT is publicly available at:
https://mwirelabs.com/models/khasibert
Artifacts include:
- Model weights and training logs
- Corpus preparation methodology
This resource is intended for researchers, educators, and civic
technologists working on low-resource NLP, linguistic preservation,
and inclusive AI.

Linguistic Field(s): Computational Linguistics
                     Language Documentation
                     Text/Corpus Linguistics

Subject Language(s): Khasi (kha)




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