---
base_model:
- LVSTCK/domestic-yak-8B-instruct
datasets:
- LVSTCK/sft-mk
language:
- mk
license: llama3.1
tags:
- gguf
- mk
- mkd
- macedonia
files:
- domestic-yak-8B-instruct-original.gguf
- domestic-yak-8B-instruct-q8_0.gguf
pipeline_tag: text-generation
---

# 🐂 domestic-yak, a Macedonian LM (GGUF version)

This model is described in the paper [Towards Open Foundation Language Model and Corpus for Macedonian: A Low-Resource Language](https://huggingface.co/papers/2506.09560).

## Model Summary
This is the **GGUF version** of [domestic-yak-8B-instruct](https://huggingface.co/LVSTCK/domestic-yak-8B-instruct).

### ☕ GGUF Versions
| **File**                                   | **Precision** | **Description**                                         |
|-------------------------------------------|---------------|---------------------------------------------------------|
| `domestic-yak-8B-instruct-original.gguf`  | Full          | High-accuracy original precision version for inference |
| `domestic-yak-8B-instruct-q8_0.gguf`      | 8-bit         | Quantized version for reduced memory usage and faster inference |


## 📬 Contact

For inquiries, feedback, or contributions, please feel free to reach out to the core team:

- [Stefan Krsteski](https://www.linkedin.com/in/stefan-krsteski-136abb235/) [📧](mailto:stefan.krsteski@gmail.com)
- [Matea Tashkovska](https://www.linkedin.com/in/matea-tashkovska-774603198/) [📧](mailto:matea_tas@yahoo.com)
- [Borjan Sazdov](https://www.linkedin.com/in/borjan-sazdov-4b2187211/) [📧](mailto:borjansazdov@yahoo.com)

## Citation
```
@article{krsteski2025towards,
  title={Towards Open Foundation Language Model and Corpus for Macedonian: A Low-Resource Language},
  author={Krsteski, Stefan and Tashkovska, Matea and Sazdov, Borjan and Gjoreski, Hristijan and Gerazov, Branislav},
  journal={arXiv preprint arXiv:2506.09560},
  year={2025}
}
```