--- title: "Martha Yifiru Tachbelie — author profile and papers in our library" description: "Martha Yifiru Tachbelie, Addis Ababa University: 2 papers on Elamur Research (2009–2020), h-index 12 — affiliations, topics, co-authors and…" canonical: "https://research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/martha-yifiru-tachbelie/" --- [Elamur Research](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/martha-yifiru-tachbelie/) [home](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [authors](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/) / Martha Yifiru Tachbelie # Martha Yifiru Tachbelie Martha Yifiru Tachbelie has 2 papers in our library, in 2009–2020, most of them on [Semitic languages](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/semitic-languages/), [Part-of-speech tagging](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/part-of-speech-tagging/), [Language models & pretraining](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/language-models/); often with [Binyam Ephrem Seyoum](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/binyam-ephrem-seyoum/), [Hafte Abera](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/hafte-abera/), [Solomon Teferra Abate](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/solomon-teferra-abate/). 2 papers in our library · 2009–2020 [OpenAlex](https://openalex.org/A5052398597) · [ORCID](https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6993-5328) · [**h-index 12**](https://openalex.org/authors/A5052398597) · [39 works](https://openalex.org/works?filter=author.id:A5052398597) · [288 citations](https://openalex.org/works?filter=author.id:A5052398597&sort=cited_by_count:desc) OpenAlex, 2026-10-14 [📄 2 works in our library](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/martha-yifiru-tachbelie/#papers) · [🔗 Cited 9 times in our library](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/martha-yifiru-tachbelie/cited-by/) · [⭐ Paper Stars ranking: #8108](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/paper-stars/page/82/#star-8108) The profile is the library's match of the name; two people with one name are not always told apart. Elsewhere: [Google Scholar](https://scholar.google.com/citations?view_op=search_authors&mauthors=Martha+Yifiru+Tachbelie) · [Semantic Scholar](https://www.semanticscholar.org/search?q=Martha+Yifiru+Tachbelie) · [dblp](https://dblp.org/search?q=Martha+Yifiru+Tachbelie) · [ACL Anthology](https://aclanthology.org/search/?q=Martha+Yifiru+Tachbelie) ## Affiliations [🎓**Addis Ababa University** Addis Ababa · Ethiopia 2012–2025 · 11 papers*current*](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/addis-ababa-university/) · [🎓**University of Bremen** Bremen · Germany 2018–2022 · 8 papers](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/university-of-bremen/) · [🎓**Universität Hamburg** Hamburg · Germany 2009–2011 · 2 papers](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/universitat-hamburg/) From the bylines of their papers (OpenAlex, 2026-10-14), ORCID and Wikidata; institutions on papers are matched by machine. ## Fields, topics and concepts Of its works in our library, with the number of works on each. 📚 Shelves 4 The field of science this work belongs to (OpenAlex fields).[Artificial Intelligence · 2 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/computer-science/artificial-intelligence/) · [Arts and Humanities · 2 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/arts-and-humanities/) · [Computer Science · 2 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/computer-science/) · [Language and Linguistics · 2 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/arts-and-humanities/language-and-linguistics/) 🧭 Topics 3 Research subjects and languages the work is about.[Semitic languages · 2 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/semitic-languages/) · [Language models & pretraining · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/language-models/) · [Part-of-speech tagging · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/part-of-speech-tagging/) ## Works by year ### 2020s [**2020** 1 paper](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/martha-yifiru-tachbelie/year/2020/) ### 2000s [**2009** 1 paper](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/martha-yifiru-tachbelie/year/2009/) ## Papers The most cited first (OpenAlex and our library). 1. **[Amharic Part-of-Speech Tagger for Factored Language Modeling](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/tachbelie-2009-amharic-part-speech-tagger-factored/)** *(2009 · 22 citations)* Amharic is a Semitic language with root-and-pattern morphology and heavy affixation. This makes word-based language models suffer from sparse data and many unseen words. Earlier morpheme-based models lowered the out-of-vocabulary rate but lost dependencies between whole words. The authors therefore use factored… 2. **[Large Vocabulary Read Speech Corpora for Four Ethiopian Languages: Amharic, Tigrigna, Oromo and Wolaytta](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/abate-2020-large-vocabulary-read-speech-corpora/)** *(2020 · 18 citations)* Speech recognition requires transcribed audio, and most Ethiopian languages have very little of it. The authors at Addis Ababa University built read-speech corpora for four languages from three families: Amharic and Tigrigna (Semitic), Oromo (Cushitic) and Wolaytta (Omotic). Prompt sentences came from web and earlier… ## Co-authors here 5 co-authors with a page, the most papers together first. - [Binyam Ephrem Seyoum](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/binyam-ephrem-seyoum/) - [Hafte Abera](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/hafte-abera/) - [Solomon Teferra Abate](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/solomon-teferra-abate/) - [Wolfgang Menzel](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/wolfgang-menzel/) - [Yaregal Assabie](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/yaregal-assabie/) ## Venues Where their works here were published, the most works first, with the editions of those that have a page. - [Language Resources and Evaluation Conference (LREC)](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/lrec/): [LREC 2020](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/lrec/2020/) - [Recent Advances in Natural Language Processing (RANLP)](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/ranlp/): [RANLP 2009](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/ranlp/2009/) ## Cited by Papers of our library cite their works 9 times (of the 149,439 papers whose bibliographies we read); [3 citing papers with a page here →](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/martha-yifiru-tachbelie/cited-by/). Updated 31 October 2026