Founded 2018 · Ethiopian language technology
Language technology for Ethiopia's languages
Ethiopia has more than 80 languages, of which 6 have an EthioNLP model or dataset. Among the four languages with the most indexed NLP publications, 71.4% of the work addresses Amharic.
EthioNLP members collaborate on papers, datasets and models, and supervise students and junior researchers working on these languages.
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Languages
Every Ethiopian language, what exists for it and who works on it.
100 catalogue entries · 6 with resourcesMentorship
Mentors by topic, open thesis topics, and how to ask for supervision.
6 mentors · 2 open topicsModels & data
Everything the community has released, synced nightly from the source.
47 models · 26 datasetsPublications
Papers by members, gathered automatically and grouped by year.
218 papers · 82 on Ethiopian languagesCommunity
Students, developers, linguists and researchers, in Ethiopia and abroad.
15 listed membersCommunity standards
How we treat each other, what to post in the groups, and the ethics we hold research to.
Read before your first messageEvents
Workshops, the seminar series, and calls open for submissions.
1 in the archiveProgress
Ethiopian NLP measured over sixteen years, against the wider AfricaNLP picture.
4.6× growth · 71.4% on AmharicTeams & collaborators
The labs whose output is tracked here, and the communities we work with.
4 teams · 3 collaboratorsResearch areas
The six tracks the community organises its work around, and what is open in each.
6 tracksLatest
- Latest news
- EthioNLP at LT4All 2025 and deRSE 2025, 25 Feb 2025
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