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License:
CC0-1.0
Steward:
Common Voice
Task: ASR
Release Date: 9/15/2025
Format: MP3
Size: 360.30 MB
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A collection of scripted spoken phrases in Balti.
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Intended Use
This dataset is intended to be used for training and evaluating automatic speech recognition (ASR) models. It may also be used for applications relating to computer-aided language learning (CALL) and language or heritage revitalisation.
bft)This datasheet is for version 23.0 of the the Mozilla Common Voice Scripted Speech dataset
for Balti (bft). The dataset contains 19 hours of recorded
speech (18 hours validated) from 156 speakers.
Balti is known as the lingua franca in Baltistan, the Northern Areas of Pakistan. It is spoken in the four districts of Baltistan Division: Skardu, Ghanche, Shigar, Kharmang and some parts of Round District of Gilgit Baltistan. It is spoken by Eight Lac people.
The dataset includes the following distribution of age and gender.
Self-declared gender information, percentage refers to the number of clips annotated with this gender.
| Gender | Pertentage |
|---|---|
| Undefined | 78.0% |
| Female Feminine | 13.0% |
| Do Not Wish To Say | 10.0% |
Self-declared age information, percentage refers to the number of clips annotated with this age band.
| Age Band | Percentage |
|---|---|
| Undefined | 27.0% |
| Twenties | 37.0% |
| Thirties | 35.0% |
| Teens | 1.0% |
The corpus have been collected from Balti books written by local Balti poets and writers.
Perso-Arabic script has been used as the writing system of Balti language.
اب پ ت ٹ ث ج ڃ چ ڇ ح خ د ڈ ذ ر ڑ زڗ ژ س ش ݜ ص ض ط ظ ع غ ف ق ک گ کٔ ل م ن نٚ ݨ و ہ ء ی ے
Ehsan Ali Danish; novels and poetry Younus Jones
General
Collected Balti books in soft form and extracted more than ten thousand sentences from the books with the prior consents of the respective writers.
Common Voice Community
Received funding from Common Voice through the respected consultant Dr Meesam Alam.
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.