How to pronounce aya

aya is most commonly pronounced "ah yah" (/ˈɑːjə/). This is the widely-used reading among engineers, though edge cases exist.

Cohere Labs' open-science multilingual LLM family (Aya 101 / Aya 23 / Aya Expanse / Aya Vision / Tiny Aya), up to 101 languages, Apache-2.0. Named after the Twi (Ghana) word 'aya' = 'fern', an Adinkra symbol of endurance and resourcefulness (per Cohere's announcements). Standard reading is AH-yah (/ˈɑːjə/), matching the Twi/Akan and common given-name pronunciation. STRESS first syllable: AH-yah. Some English speakers anglicize it to EYE-uh, but the fern/Twi origin points to AH-yah.

Alternate readings you might hear:

• "eye uh" /ˈaɪə/

Source: Cohere Labs — Aya research initiative

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