Fact · Languages and accents
4.6times the Hindi error rate
On the FLEURS benchmark, Whisper large-v2's word error rate in Telugu was about 4.6 times its Hindi rate.
Checked against its source on October 17, 2026
- What it measures
- Hindi and Telugu are both Indian languages on the same benchmark, so the ratio compares two Indian languages directly.
- How it is calculated
- 99.0 / 21.5 = 4.6
- What it does not show
- Same single-model, single-benchmark limit as the other FLEURS ratios.