def load_vocab(vocab_file):
    """Loads a vocabulary file into a dictionary."""
    vocab = {}
    index = 0
    with open(vocab_file, "r", encoding="utf-8") as reader:
        while True:
            token = reader.readline()
            if not token:
                break
            token = token.strip()
            vocab[token] = index
            index += 1
    return vocab