kalixlouiis/myanmar-general-numerals-corpus

Myanmar General Numerals Corpus

This dataset is a collection of Myanmar (Burmese) sentences specifically curated to include various numerals, numerical classifiers, and units of measurement. It covers a wide range of linguistic styles, from daily conversations to formal and royal usage.

Dataset Details

• Creator: Kalix Louis (Khant Sint Heinn)
• Language: Myanmar (Burmese)
• Format: Plain Text (.txt)
• License: Apache-2.0
• Source: Manually authored and curated by Kalix Louis.

Dataset Content

The corpus includes diverse sentence patterns focusing on:

• Numerical Classifiers: (e.g., ယောက်၊ ကောင်၊ လုံး၊ စီး၊ ပါး)
• Units of Measurement: Length, weight, volume, currency, and time.
• Tones & Registers: Informal, formal, religious (monastic), and historical (royal) styles.
• Numerical Formats: Standard digits (၁၊ ၂၊ ၃), spelled-out words (တစ်၊ နှစ်၊ သုံး), and decimal values.

Technical Specifications

• Encoding: 100% Unicode standard.
• Quality: High-quality manual entries with correct Burmese spelling and grammar.
• Current Size: 511 lines (sentences).
• Status: Ongoing project. More data will be added in future updates to expand the variety and volume.

Intended Use

This dataset is ideal for:

1. AI Model Training: Fine-tuning LLMs to understand Myanmar numerical structures.
2. Named Entity Recognition (NER): Training models to extract quantities and measurements.
3. Linguistic Research: Studying the usage of classifiers in different Burmese contexts.

About the Author

Khant Sint Heinn, working under the name Kalix Louis, is a Machine Learning Engineer focused on Natural Language Processing (NLP), data foundations, and open-source AI development. His work is centered on improving support for the Burmese (Myanmar) language in modern AI systems by building high-quality datasets, practical tools, and scalable infrastructure for language technology.

He is currently the Lead Developer at DatarrX, where he develops data pipelines, manages large-scale data collection workflows, and helps create open-source resources for researchers, developers, and organizations. His experience includes data engineering, web scripting, dataset curation, and building systems that support real-world machine learning applications.

Khant Sint Heinn is especially interested in advancing low-resource languages and making AI more accessible to underrepresented communities. Through his open-source contributions, he works to strengthen the Burmese (Myanmar) tech ecosystem and provide reliable building blocks for future language models, search systems, and intelligent applications.

His goal is simple: to turn limited language resources into practical opportunities through clean data, useful tools, and community-driven innovation.

Connect with the Author:
GitHub | Hugging Face | Kaggle

Contact

Created by Kalix Louis (Khant Sint Heinn).
For any inquiries or contributions, please reach out via Hugging Face profile.