---
language:
  - av
  - tr
license: apache-2.0
base_model: facebook/nllb-200-distilled-600M
tags:
  - translation
  - nllb
  - avar
  - low-resource
  - endangered-language
  - lora
  - peft
pipeline_tag: translation
---

# AvarNLP — NLLB-600M Fine-tuned for Avar-Turkish Translation

The world's first machine translation model for the **Avar language** (МагIарул мацI).

## Model Description

This model is a LoRA fine-tuned version of [Meta's NLLB-200-distilled-600M](https://huggingface.co/facebook/nllb-200-distilled-600M), trained on an evolutionarily generated Avar-Turkish parallel corpus.

- **Base model:** facebook/nllb-200-distilled-600M
- **Fine-tuning method:** LoRA (Low-Rank Adaptation) via PEFT
- **Training data:** Evolved from ~1K seed pairs using genetic algorithms
- **Directions:** Avar → Turkish, Turkish → Avar

## About the Avar Language

| | |
|---|---|
| **Name** | Avar (МагIарул мацI) |
| **Family** | Northeast Caucasian (Nakh-Dagestanian) |
| **Speakers** | ~800,000 |
| **Region** | Dagestan (Russia), Turkey, Europe |
| **UNESCO Status** | Definitely Endangered |
| **Digital Resources** | Virtually none |

## Status

🚧 **Under active development** — model not yet trained. Check back soon or follow this repo for updates.

## Links

- **Code:** [github.com/Burtinsaw/AvarNLP](https://github.com/Burtinsaw/AvarNLP)
- **Dataset:** [Burtinsaw/avar-turkish-parallel](https://huggingface.co/datasets/Burtinsaw/avar-turkish-parallel)
- **Project:** [MagaruLaw.com](https://magarulaw.com)

## Citation

```bibtex
@software{avarnlp2026,
  title     = {AvarNLP: Self-Evolving AI for the Endangered Avar Language},
  author    = {Arif Akgun},
  url       = {https://github.com/Burtinsaw/AvarNLP},
  year      = {2026},
  license   = {MIT}
}
```