Komodo: A Linguistic Expedition into Indonesia's Regional Languages
Abstract: The recent breakthroughs in Large Language Models (LLMs) have mostly focused on languages with easily available and sufficient resources, such as English. However, there remains a significant gap for languages that lack sufficient linguistic resources in the public domain. Our work introduces Komodo-7B, 7-billion-parameter Large Language Models designed to address this gap by seamlessly operating across Indonesian, English, and 11 regional languages in Indonesia. Komodo-7B is a family of LLMs that consist of Komodo-7B-Base and Komodo-7B-Instruct. Komodo-7B-Instruct stands out by achieving state-of-the-art performance in various tasks and languages, outperforming the benchmarks set by OpenAI's GPT-3.5, Cohere's Aya-101, Llama-2-Chat-13B, Mixtral-8x7B-Instruct-v0.1, Gemma-7B-it , and many more. This model not only demonstrates superior performance in both language-specific and overall assessments but also highlights its capability to excel in linguistic diversity. Our commitment to advancing language models extends beyond well-resourced languages, aiming to bridge the gap for those with limited linguistic assets. Additionally, Komodo-7B-Instruct's better cross-language understanding contributes to addressing educational disparities in Indonesia, offering direct translations from English to 11 regional languages, a significant improvement compared to existing language translation services. Komodo-7B represents a crucial step towards inclusivity and effectiveness in language models, providing to the linguistic needs of diverse communities.
Paper Type: Long
Research Area: Multilingualism and Cross-Lingual NLP
Research Area Keywords: Efficient/Low-Resource Methods for NLP, Language Modeling, Multilingualism and Cross-Lingual NLP,
Contribution Types: NLP engineering experiment, Approaches to low-resource settings
Languages Studied: English, Indonesian, Acehnese, Balinese, Banjarese, Buginese, Dayak Ngaju, Javanese, Lampungnese, Madurese, Minangkabau, Sundanese, Toba Batak
Submission Number: 193
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