36.2795, Software: GaroVec: Word Embeddings for A’chik/Garo Language Technology

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Subject: 36.2795, Software: GaroVec: Word Embeddings for A’chik/Garo Language Technology

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Date: 16-Sep-2025
From: B Nyalang [nyalang at mwirelabs.com]
Subject: GaroVec: Word Embeddings for A’chik/Garo Language Technology


GaroVec is a set of static word embeddings trained on curated
monolingual corpora in Garo (A’chik), a language spoken across
Meghalaya and parts of Northeast India. Developed by MWire Labs, this
resource is part of a growing effort to support inclusive, regionally
grounded NLP for underrepresented languages.
Linguistic Context
Garo belongs to the Tibeto-Burman family and is widely spoken in
districts like West Garo Hills, East Garo Hills, and South Garo Hills.
Despite its vitality, Garo remains digitally underserved—especially in
foundational NLP infrastructure. GaroVec aims to support a range of
downstream tasks while respecting the linguistic diversity and
cultural depth of A’chik communities.
Model Overview
-       Type: Static word embeddings (FastText-style)
-       Dimensions: 300
-       Training Data: Cleaned and deduplicated Garo monolingual
corpora
-       CC BY 4.0 — permissive for research, civic tech, and
educational use with attribution
-       Hosted on: Hugging Face with full documentation
https://huggingface.co/MWirelabs/GaroVec
Use Cases
GaroVec is designed to be modular and adaptable. It can support:
-       Semantic search and clustering
-       Text classification and topic modeling
-       Dialectal variation analysis
-       Educational tools and civic applications
-       Cross-lingual transfer for low-resource modeling
Inclusive Design
This model is part of a broader movement to make language technology
more inclusive—especially for communities whose languages are often
overlooked in mainstream NLP. GaroVec is released with permissive
licensing and timestamped provenance to encourage reuse, adaptation,
and collaboration.

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

Subject Language(s): Garo (grt)

Language Family(ies): Tibeto-Burman



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