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sakha samisa kwimigama emithathu ebhetani ekhayeni loomarta nomariya nolazaro	isixhosa_198_27	null	isixhosa_198
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ngumntu oyindoda	isixhosa_197_03	null	isixhosa_197
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inkxaso yemali ivela kwimithombo eyahlukeneyo	isixhosa_196_19	null	isixhosa_196
ayalusa amakhwenkwe	isixhosa_195_15	null	isixhosa_195
nanko uphalo ezakhela umzi wakhe enxaxho	isixhosa_195_28	null	isixhosa_195
unokusizalisa na isikhumba sayo ngeenyembe	isixhosa_195_19	null	isixhosa_195
ebhayi ndihlala ebhayi	isixhosa_195_09	null	isixhosa_195
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icala emva kwe ntsimbi yesithoba	isixhosa_192_10	null	isixhosa_192
inkulu nguye kuba uvele tanci into elisiko leyo lasemvelini ka mveli	isixhosa_192_19	null	isixhosa_192
ngomnxeba waphantse	isixhosa_194_04	null	isixhosa_194
ukuthobelana kwazo kuthabathe um kuthabathe umzuzu onga ngokuphanyaza kweliso	isixhosa_194_16	null	isixhosa_194
asala ephithizela amazim ekhohliwe apho angehla khon	isixhosa_191_19	null	isixhosa_191
indoda leyo ikhe yalibala ngesemtha ngasemthatha iminyaka enga mashumi amathathu	isixhosa_191_27	null	isixhosa_191
uthe ummangalelwa yonke le nto ithethwa ngulo mfo kayis ibubuvuv nochuku	isixhosa_191_28	null	isixhosa_191
isinye ichaphaza isibini ichaphaza isibini amashumi amathandathu anesibhoz	isixhosa_191_05	null	isixhosa_191
owasetyhin	isixhosa_191_03	null	isixhosa_191
ndancedwa ngulomarabu oqhuba imoto yethu	isixhosa_191_15	null	isixhosa_191
dolophu yasetinarha	isixhosa_191_09	null	isixhosa_191
unokuyiva ingwenya ngezikhali zokubinza iintlanzi kuwe	isixhosa_193_23	null	isixhosa_193
yakhuza ke inkosi umzi uthe daca phandle wonke	isixhosa_188_21	null	isixhosa_188
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igqojozwe impumlo ngentsimbi yokuthiyela	isixhosa_190_29	null	isixhosa_190
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yinto engenathamsanqa nasenkosini ubume obunjalo	isixhosa_186_20	null	isixhosa_186
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isiXhosa Speech Recognition Augmented Dataset - 0.9x Speed

Dataset Description

This dataset contains augmented speech recordings and transcriptions for isiXhosa, one of South Africa's official languages. The dataset has been optimized for use with OpenAI's Whisper ASR models.

Dataset Statistics

Number of samples: 660
Language: isiXhosa (Xho)
Audio format: WAV, 16kHz, mono, 16-bit
Maximum duration: 30 seconds (truncated for Whisper compatibility)
Transcription format: Cleaned text (lowercase, no punctuation)

Audio Processing

All audio files have been processed with the following optimizations:

Resampled to 16kHz (Whisper's native sample rate)
Converted to mono
Truncated to maximum 30 seconds
16-bit PCM encoding

Transcription Cleaning

Transcriptions have been cleaned:

Converted to lowercase
Removed all punctuation
Removed POS markers (e.g., [n], [v])
Normalized whitespace

Dataset Structure

Each sample contains:

audio: Audio file path and array
transcription: Cleaned transcription text
file_id: Unique identifier for the recording
subfolder: Original subfolder location

Usage

from datasets import load_dataset

# Load the dataset
dataset = load_dataset("zionia/isixhosa-asr-0.9")

# Access samples
print(dataset['train'][0])

Citation

If you use this dataset, please cite the original Lwazi corpus:

@inproceedings{lwazi2011,
  title={The Lwazi corpus: an African speech resource},
  author={Barnard, E. and Davel, M. H. and Van Heerden, C.},
  booktitle={Proceedings of the 22nd Annual Symposium of the Pattern Recognition Association of South Africa},
  year={2011}
}

License

This dataset is released under the MIT License.

Language

isiXhosa is a language spoken primarily in South Africa.

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Number of rows:

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