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License:
CC0-1.0
Steward:
Common Voice
Task: ASR
Release Date: 12/5/2025
Format: MP3
Size: 294.05 MB
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A collection of scripted spoken phrases in Nigerian Pidgin English.
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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.
pcm)This datasheet is for version 24.0 of the the Mozilla Common Voice Scripted Speech dataset
for Nigerian Pidgin English (pcm). The dataset contains 8964 clips representing 15.01 hours of recorded
speech (12.98 hours validated) from 59 speakers.
According to Ethnologue online, Nigerian Pidgin is a language of wider communication that originated in Nigeria. It is an English-based creole and used primarily as a second language.
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 | 85.0% |
| Female Feminine | 15.0% |
Self-declared age information, percentage refers to the number of clips annotated with this age band.
| Age Band | Percentage |
|---|---|
| Undefined | 73.0% |
| Thirties | 11.0% |
| Fourties | 16.0% |
Latin scripts
There follows a randomly selected sample of five sentences from the corpus.
The pikin don born hin papa
Dis one wey don enter my hand, no go comot even if una wan kill me
Na which time dem tok say di meeting go start because I dey do somtin
Pepper soup don de sup
Mak tunder fire yu for that place wey yu stand so
Automatic random samples
Wetin dat one tak mean na?
E mean say devil dey for dat place.
One pesin no dey get all the sence.
Thank you well well.
I tink say yu de shem.
| Domain | Count |
|---|---|
| Undefined | 8964 |
https://commonvoice.mozilla.org/pcm/
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 Bankon, gathering of the sentence prompts, reading sentence prompts, and validating recordings. They are :
Adéwùnmí ADÉTỌ̀MÍWÁ Anuoluwapọ
Augustine Emeka Ugwumgbo
Affiong Fred Effiom
Joseph Yohanna Joseph
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 ngueum@gmail.com, Adéwùnmí ADÉTỌ̀MÍWÁ Anuoluwapọ aadetomiwa@unilag.edu.ng, Augustine Emeka Ugwumgbo emekaugwumgbo@vertas.edu.com, Affiong Fred Effiom affiongeffiom@unical.edu.ng, Joseph Yohanna Joseph waliyayohannajoseph@yahoo.fr,
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.