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Tamil Alpaca Orca

Introduced by Abhinand Balachandran in Tamil-Llama: A New Tamil Language Model Based on Llama 213 Nov 2023 archive 2025-07-28

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This repository includes a Tamil-translated versions of the Alpaca dataset and a subset of OpenOrca dataset.

This dataset is part of the release of Tamil LLaMA family of models – an important step in advancing LLMs for the Tamil language. To dive deep into the development and capabilities of this model, please read the research paper and the introductory blog post (WIP) that outlines our journey and the model's potential impact.

GitHub Repository: https://github.com/abhinand5/tamil-llama

Models trained using this dataset

Model Type Data Base Model # Params Download Links
Tamil LLaMA 7B Instruct Instruction following model 145k instructions Tamil LLaMA 7B Base 7B HF Hub
Tamil LLaMA 13B Instruct Instruction following model 145k instructions Tamil LLaMA 13B Base 13B HF Hub

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Citation

If you use this model or any of the the Tamil-Llama datasets in your research, please cite:

@misc{balachandran2023tamilllama,
      title={Tamil-Llama: A New Tamil Language Model Based on Llama 2}, 
      author={Abhinand Balachandran},
      year={2023},
      eprint={2311.05845},
      archivePrefix={arXiv},
      primaryClass={cs.CL}
}

Benchmarks archive 2025-07-28

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Papers archive 2025-07-28

No paper in the archive has a leaderboard row on this dataset; the archive counts 1 paper for it but never published that list.

Dataset loaders archive 2025-07-28

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Tasks archive 2025-07-28

License archive 2025-07-28

gpl-3.0

Modalities archive 2025-07-28

Languages archive 2025-07-28

Variants archive 2025-07-28

  • Tamil Alpaca Orca

1 variant name, as the archive lists them.

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