facebookresearch/fairseq

Add Saraiki language

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#5,494 opened on Apr 30, 2024

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Description

🚀 Feature Request

Saraiki is an important language of Pakistan and India.

Motivation

Saraiki is added in many websites like WordPress, google, Firefox, Wikipedia etc

Pitch

Saraiki is missing in Facebook and whats app

Alternatives

Saraiki be added in Facebook , Whats apps and Instagram

Additional context

This will help the people of Saraiki language

Contributor guide

Tech stack
python
Domain
localization
Issue type
feature
DifficultyEstimated implementation difficulty for a new contributor, from 1 for very small changes to 5 for expert-level work.
3
Estimated timeA rough time range for an experienced contributor to investigate, implement, test, and prepare a pull request.
half day
Activity statusHow available the issue appears right now: fresh, active, stale, blocked, or waiting on maintainer input.
fresh
ClarityHow clearly the issue explains the expected change, acceptance criteria, and next step.
unclear
Prerequisites
basic knowledge of NLPfamiliarity with fairseq
Newbie friendlinessA 1-100 score estimating how approachable this issue is for first-time contributors.
20
Research direction
The issue requests adding Saraiki language support but does not specify which aspect of fairseq (e.g., tokenization, models, evaluation). First, investigate if fairseq has a language list or locale directory. Check existing language addition PRs for patterns. Since the issue is vague, ask maintainers for clarification on whether this refers to model training data, metrics computation, or UI localization. Refer to the fairseq documentation and codebase for language configuration files.