Common Voice Scripted Speech 23.0 - Gujari

گوجری — Gujari (gju)

This datasheet is for version 23.0 of the the Mozilla Common Voice Scripted Speech dataset for Gujari (gju). The dataset contains 11 hours of recorded speech (11 hours validated) from 6 speakers.

Language

Gojri is an Indo-Aryan language spoken by the Gujjar community in various parts of South Asia, particularly in: Regions 1. Jammu and Kashmir: Gojri is widely spoken in the Jammu region. 2. India: Many Gujjar communities in Himachal Pradesh, Rajasthan, Gujarat and in many other states speak Gojri. 3. Pakistan: Gojri is also spoken in all provinces of Pakistan including AJK, and GB 4. Afghanistan: Gojri is also spoken in Afghanistan, particularly in Kunar province. Characteristics 1. Similarities with other languages: Gojri shares similarities with other Indo-Aryan languages, such as Punjabi, Urdu, and Hindi, Nepali, Gojrati etc. 2. Unique vocabulary: Gojri has its own distinct vocabulary and expressions, reflecting the culture and traditions of the Gujjar community. Writing system Gojri has its own writing system, and books have been written in various literary genres, including: Gojri Writing System and Literature 1. Perso-Arabic script: Gojri is often written in a modified Perso-Arabic script. 2. Literary works: Books, poetry, and other literary works have been written in Gojri, showcasing the language's rich cultural heritage. 3. Translation of the Holy Quran: The Quran has been translated into Gojri, making it accessible to the Gujjar community. 4. Cultural Expression: Gojri music, songs, films, dramas, radio programs and cultural events showcase the language's richness and the community's heritage. Gojri is a vital part of the Gujjar community's linguistic and cultural diversity.

Variants

Gojri is rich with three dialects i.e Eastern, Western and Northern dialects. In datasets Eastern and Western dialects have been added.

Demographic information

The dataset includes the following distribution of age and gender.

Gender

Self-declared gender information, frequency refers to the number of clips annotated with this gender.

Age

Self-declared age information, frequency refers to the number of clips annotated with this age band.

Text corpus

The text have been taken from Gojri story books, folk tales, Islamic studies and from course books.

Writing system

Perso-Arabic script

Symbol table

ا آ ب بھ پ پھ ت تھ ٹ ٹھ ث ج جھ چ چھ ح خ د دھ ڈ ڈھ ذ ر ڑ ز ژ س ش ص ض ط ظ ع غ ف ق ک کھ گ گھ ل ل° م ن ن° و ہ ی ے

Sample

There follows a randomly selected sample of five sentences from the corpus. مہارا مذہب کو ناں اسلام ہے۔ ہم مسلمان ہاں۔ شریف نے اس کے سٹ کری۔ روٹی جھب جھب پکائی۔ دیو آ گیو۔

Sources

Islamic studies Gojri stories

Text domains

General

Processing

Book were collected to create corpus.

Recommended post-processing

There are two special characters in Gojri that must be used to create difference from Urdu, Punjabi, Pahari and Mewati.

Community links

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Discussions

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Contribute

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Datasheet authors

Mumtaz Ahmed Nizam Din Shahid-ur-Rehman

Citation guidelines

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Funding

Sir.Meesum Alam

Licence

This dataset is released under the Creative Commons Zero (CC-0) licence. By downloading this data you agree to not determine the identity of speakers in the dataset.