Falcon-Emirati-7B

A dialect-specialized model for understanding and generating Emirati Arabic.

Falcon-Emirati-7B — A dialect-specialized model for understanding and generating Emirati Arabic.

Falcon-Emirati-7B is designed to bridge the gap between Modern Standard Arabic and the Emirati dialect, capturing the nuances of local vocabulary and cultural context. Built on the Falcon-H1-Arabic architecture, it aims to provide a more authentic conversational experience in Emirati Arabic.

It leverages a dedicated Emirati data pipeline, incorporating authentic dialectal web data, MSA cultural context, and synthetic data to enhance its understanding of Emirati Arabic nuances (E032, E034, E037, E040).
The model achieved an 84.83% score on the Alyah benchmark, outperforming other Arabic and multilingual models, demonstrating its effectiveness in dialect-specific tasks (E053).
Falcon-Emirati-7B is built on a 7B parameter architecture, balancing quality and practical training costs, making it suitable for dialect adaptation (E018, E021).