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+# Language-Specific Data
+
+This directory contains language-specific data files. Most importantly, you will find here:
+
+1. A list of unique characters for the target language (e.g. English) in `data/alphabet.txt`
+2. A binary n-gram language model compiled by `kenlm` in `data/lm/lm.binary`
+3. A trie model compiled by `generate_trie.cpp` in `data/lm/trie`
+
+For more information on how to create these resources, see `data/lm/README.md`