chrF is the metric to trust for Thaana; BLEU is unreliable (word segmentation / morphology).
Input (en): While this is a 7.6 percent increase compared to the same period last year, an average of 7,778 tourists visit the Maldives daily.
Output (dv): މިއީ، ވޭތުވެދިޔަ އަހަރުގެ މި މުއްދަތާ ބަލާއިރު 7.6 ޕަސެންޓުގެ ކުރިއެރުމެއް ކަމަށްވާއިރު، ދުވާލަކު އެވްރެޖްކޮށް 7،778 ފަތުރުވެރިން ރާއްޖެ ޒިޔާރަތްކުރެއެވެ.
~9–10 GB VRAM (bf16). Qwen tokenizes Thaana at ~1.8 tokens/char — don't over-truncate the input.
Domain = Maldivian news / press / Wikipedia; technical or informal English is out of distribution. Non-human references are machine-generated (distillation).