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Common Voice
Task: ASR
Release Date: 12/5/2025
Format: MP3
Size: 314.79 MB
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A collection of scripted spoken phrases in Southern Pastaza Quechua.
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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.
qup)This datasheet is for version 24.0 of the the Mozilla Common Voice Scripted Speech dataset
for Southern Pastaza Quechua (qup). The dataset contains 9669 clips representing 15.95 hours of recorded
speech (11.88 hours validated) from 15 speakers.
Southern Pastaza Quechua, identified by the ISO 639-3: qup, belongs to the Quechua II group. Pastaza River crosses the borderline between Perú and Ecuador, the native speakers of this dialect influence and are influenced by Quechua dialects spoken in Ecuador and also for other neighboring Amazonian languages. Migration means that this language also is spoken in San Lorenzo, Yurimaguas and Iquitos cities in the Peruvian Amazon rainforest.
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 | 79.0% |
| Female Feminine | 21.0% |
Self-declared age information, percentage refers to the number of clips annotated with this age band.
| Age Band | Percentage |
|---|---|
| Undefined | 8.0% |
| Twenties | 11.0% |
| Thirties | 72.0% |
| Fifties | 10.0% |
The average length of sentences is 6 tokens (40 characters).
| Domain | Count |
|---|---|
| Undefined | 9669 |
Quechua language is written in the Latin script. All Quechua dialects form words by sequentially adding suffixes to a root and follows a Subject-Object-Verb (SOV) word order.
There follows a randomly selected sample of five sentences from the corpus:
Shuk sisakuna tutayahushpan taparinahun pakarihushpan paskarinahun.
Wiksayni waklishkawa rishpayni mana atipashkanichu kushilla kanata.
Wakra wañushkata muktishpankuna ullawankakuna awapi pawarihunkuna.
Urkunrayku sinchi kaspikunata munan wasi llashata awantanankunapa.
Mana alita killkashka shimita pichanki, chaywasha alita killkanki.
Automatic random samples
Llashayninka yapakta kashka.
Wawkiynika achka asiypata kwintanakunata yachan.
Kallaripayanahunshi awanata itipinkunarayku.
Chay rimillu pulbu kashpan mana utkalla waklinchu.
Tamyashpalla katihun.
Sentences were collected by Mr. Pedro Ricce and Mr. Franklin Espinoza
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 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.