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CC0-1.0
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Common VoiceDataset ID:
cmj8l8bs50039nlovr3tly6s4
Release Date: 12/5/2025
Format: MP3
Size: 341.05 MB
A collection of scripted spoken phrases in Batanga.
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It is forbidden to attempt to determine the identity of speakers in the common Voice datasets. It is forbidden to re-host or re-share this dataset
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.
bnm)This datasheet is for version 24.0 of the the Mozilla Common Voice Scripted Speech dataset
for Batanga (bnm). The dataset contains 7974 clips representing 16.8 hours of recorded
speech (16.17 hours validated) from 21 speakers.
Batanga is a coastal Bantu language spoken in the Ocen Division, South Region of Cameroon.
Contributors to this dataset identified two Batanga dialects: Bapuku and Banoho. Both dialects were used to compile sentence prompts for read speech in the voice clip recordings.
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 | Percentage |
|---|---|
| Undefined | 100.0% |
Self-declared age information, percentage refers to the number of clips annotated with this age band.
| Age Band | Percentage |
|---|---|
| Undefined | 65.0% |
| Fourties | 6.0% |
| Fifties | 12.0% |
| Sixties | 5.0% |
| Seventies | 12.0% |
The collection of sentence prompts provided by the language representatives aligns with the General Alphabet of Cameroonian Languages
There follows a randomly selected sample of five sentences from the corpus.
Ó yadi ya sukulu, ihándini behado mʼbɔbɔtɔ
Taba ya mwadi ehávɛkwɛ nʼkodi múyava
Ovévé voji bwámu, timbaha etungi
Bato bɔkɔ́ bahátɔndɔ ija mehɔndɔ myá nʼtiba
Inɔngindi jɛtɔ já náh basiyo bahipɔse pɛhɛ
Automatic random samples
Ivɛndi malinda mámɛ mɛ́hɛ́pi ó ba mesɔji
Vyaha ó ndabo vɛngɛ na kolo, tombete vakɛ na kolo.
Na mɔ́ na nɔngɔ́hɔ mahɔni mámu na dikúkú
Nyuwɛ ya ipala diwedi da moto endi nyuwɛ ya kɔbɔlɔ o mepawo me kwedi
Eyɔ́ endi na wéh wáhá na ehevo.
| Domain | Count |
|---|---|
| Undefined | 7974 |
https://commonvoice.mozilla.org/bnm/speak
The compilation of this dataset occured during data camp organized in Yaoundé (Cameroon) in September-October 2024. Two main contributors were involved in the localization of the MCV interface for Batanga, gathering of the sentence prompts, reading sentence prompts, and validating recordings. They are :
Jean-Mathieu Etoma
Paul Mpoulet
The organization of the data camp was conducted by a dynamic whose dedication is herewith acknowledged :
Eliette Emilie-Caroline Ngo Tjomb Assembe (Project Lead)
Dr. Florus Landry Dibenge
Blaise Mathieu Banoum Manguele
Blaise Abo Djoulde
Mathilde Nyambe A.
Brice Martial Atangana Eloundou
Jeff Sterling Ngami Kamagoua
José Mpuda Avom
Zacharie Nyobe
Emmanuel Giovanni Eloundou Eyenga
André Pascal Likwai
Emmanuel Ngue Um [email protected], Jean-Mathieu Etoma [email protected], Paul Mpoulet [email protected]
Ngué Um E, Ngo Tjomb EEC, Dibengue FL, Banum Manguele BM, Abo Djoulde B, Nyambe MA, Atangana Eloundou BM, Ngami Kamagoua JS, Mpouda Avom J, Nyobe Z, Eloundou Eyenga EG, Likwai AP (2025) Speech Technologies Datasets for African Under-Served Languages. Proceedings of the Eight Workshop on the Use of Computational Methods in the Study of Endangered Languages, edited by Lachler J, Agyapong G, Arppe A, Moeller S, Chaudhary A, Rijhwani S, Rosenblum D. URL Association for Computational Linguistics (ACL).
This dataset was partially funded by the Open Multilingual Speech Fund managed by Mozilla Common Voice.
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.