no code implementations • 30 Mar 2021 • Wuraola Fisayo Oyewusi, Olubayo Adekanmbi, Ifeoma Okoh, Vitus Onuigwe, Mary Idera Salami, Opeyemi Osakuade, Sharon Ibejih, Usman Abdullahi Musa
In this work, we present our findings on Named Entity Recognition for 5 Nigerian Languages (Nigerian English, Nigerian Pidgin English, Igbo, Yoruba and Hausa).
no code implementations • 27 Mar 2020 • Wuraola Fisayo Oyewusi, Olubayo Adekanmbi, Olalekan Akinsande
The implication is that the current approach of using direct English sentiment analysis of social media text from Nigeria is sub-optimal, as it will not be able to capture the semantic variation and contextual evolution in the contemporary meaning of these words.