Better Word Representation Vectors Using Syllabic Alphabet: A Case Study of Swahili

Deep learning has extensively been used in natural language processing with sub-word representation vectors playing a critical role. However, this cannot be said of Swahili, which is a low resource and widely spoken language in East and Central Africa. This study proposed novel word embeddings from...

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Main Authors: Casper S. Shikali, Zhou Sijie, Liu Qihe, Refuoe Mokhosi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2019-09-01
Series:Applied Sciences
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/9/18/3648