GhanaNLP ABENA
VerifiedABENA (A BERT Now in Akan) is a family of BERT, DistilBERT and RoBERTa language models for the Twi/Akan language covering both Asante and Akuapem dialects, released by the open-source GhanaNLP initiative. Distinct from GhanaNLP's Khaya translation product.
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- AI Resources
- Pricing
- Free
- Country
- 🇬🇭 Ghana
- Last verified
- 24 Jun 2026
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