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CC0-1.0
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Common Voice
Task: ASR
Release Date: 9/15/2025
Format: MP3
Size: 193.55 MB
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A collection of scripted spoken phrases in Ashéninka Perené.
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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.
prq)This datasheet is for version 23.0 of the the Mozilla Common Voice Scripted Speech dataset
for Asheninka Perene (prq). The dataset contains 11 hours of recorded
speech (11 hours validated) from 13 speakers.
The Asheninka are a South America first nation and their language belong to the Arawak linguistic family, they are primarily located in the central Peruvian rainforest between the eastern Andes and the Ucayali River, a region known as the Gran Pajonal due to its extensive tropical grasslands. Their cultural identity is deeply tied to their language, ancestral practices, and a profound connection to their territory, which they view as essential to their livelihood and cultural distinctiveness. This relationship fosters a strong ethic of environmental respect and sustainability, central to their organized community structure and long-standing desire for formal recognition separate from other Indigenous groups.
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 | 16.0% |
| Female Feminine | 84.0% |
Self-declared age information, percentage refers to the number of clips annotated with this age band.
| Age Band | Percentage |
|---|---|
| Twenties | 17.0% |
| Thirties | 26.0% |
| Fourties | 57.0% |
On average, sentences consist of six words and contain a total of forty letters.
The Asheninka alphabet was officially established by Executive Order No. 199-2019-MINEDU issued by Peruvian Ministry of Education. The alphabet is composed by 22 graphemes.
There follows a randomly selected sample of five sentences from the corpus:
Amasawitake osheki jemo
Ana owacha shinki sawari
Anakotatsiri irojatsi iñatsata irojatsita yanyantakiaro kameetsa
Anakote te kaari maaroni, aninte anakote iroo kameetsatatsiri
Anijeitake shintsini aretantyari awankoki
Automatic random samples
Paye inchaimpiki.
Nirento antake parentsija yashi maratsi.
Woro iracha.
Piñanate ari ompankitakiro piipatsa.
Katsirini naiki.
Sentences were written by Mr. Pablo Jacinto.
We extend our gratitude to Mr. Oscar Chávez Gonzales of the Peruvian Ministry of Education for providing invaluable information.
Luis Camacho camacho.l@pucp.pe
If you use this dataset in your research, please cite the following publication:
@article{Camacho_2024,
title ={Automating the Proposition of Neologisms for the Quechua Language},
volume ={54}, DOI={10.1017/S0025100324000227},
number ={3},
journal ={Journal of the International Phonetic Association},
author ={Camacho, Luis},
year ={2024},
pages ={922–938}}
This dataset was funded by the Mozilla Foundation Open Multilingual Speech Fund.
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.