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CC0-1.0
Steward:
Common Voice
Task: ASR
Release Date: 12/5/2025
Format: MP3
Size: 207.04 MB
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A collection of scripted spoken phrases in Shina.
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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.
scl)This datasheet is for version 24.0 of the the Mozilla Common Voice Scripted Speech dataset
for Shina (scl). The dataset contains 9025 clips representing 10.31 hours of recorded
speech (10.14 hours validated) from 40 speakers.
Shina language is one of the major languages of Gilgit Baltistan Pakistan. It's spoken in Gilgit, Astore, Chilas, Kohistan and some areas in Sakrdu Baltistan. It is also spoken in some areas of India. Gilgiti and Astori dialects are considered to be its major dialects. The dialect spoken in Gilgit is known as the main and standard dialect.
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 | 98.0% |
| Female Feminine | 2.0% |
Self-declared age information, percentage refers to the number of clips annotated with this age band.
| Age Band | Percentage |
|---|---|
| Undefined | 16.0% |
| Twenties | 2.0% |
| Thirties | 82.0% |
It mostly comes from textbooks, and social media platforms. There are one thousand sentences.
| Domain | Count |
|---|---|
| Undefined | 9021 |
| General | 4 |
The Shina language in Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan, is written in a variation of the Arabic script. This script is reported to be adapted to represent the unique sounds of the Shina language, with additional letters such as:
ݜ for /ʂ/
ڙ for /ʐ/
څ for /ts/
ڇ for /ʈʂ/
ݨ for /ɳ/
ا ب پ ت ٹ ث ج چ ح خ څ ڇ د ڈ ذ ر ڑ ز ژ ڙ س ش ݜ ص ض ط ظ ع غ ڠ ف ق ک گ ل م ن ݨ ں و ہ ھ ء ی ے
There follows a randomly selected sample of five sentences from the corpus.
1۔ ووئی پییَموس۔
2. چہ ڇووں ہوں۔
3. راتی ڙینگی ہِیں۔
4. اوشی آلی۔
5. والو کھیݨ پھݜ بِیلو۔
Automatic random samples
کوتے کونڈدیوں ہانس وا ڙا۔
ا چھا، مُوسے استور ہوں بے تھے کال تھالوس، اٹینڈ نے تھو۔
کرومو شِداٹو بَٹھیئی ٹِیکیو شِداٹو نے بٹھئیی۔
پر آناؤ کھینیکے نی ولایت علی گہ سورانی تَش بونارے گالو۔
روزو موزینی ڈیر نوشِیں۔
Common Voice Community
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.