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unyana wam uyiguqule inkunzi emnyama yangumtsi omnye ukukhwela phezu kwakhe wamthi hlasi ngentanyana wamkhahlela phantsi naye walala okofileyo	isixhosa_187_19	null	isixhosa_187
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yabe ilixesha ebesingafunwa kade isono nenyala emaxhoseni	isixhosa_180_20	null	isixhosa_180
ukusuka apho indlela isihambise ithuba elinobomi yaya kusifaka emweweni onamatye namatyholo oyikeka yo ogama lingumfula wezihange apho weenzakele khona umntu owayesis owayesisa eyerikho ngokomzekeliso wenkosi	isixhosa_180_27	null	isixhosa_180
le nkunzi ayimphanga thuba lakuxhathisa ungobiya ude wejaju unkabi ebubaleka nayo ayamjonga ukuba uyaphi	isixhosa_180_22	null	isixhosa_180
impi igxothwa ngamadoda	isixhosa_180_26	null	isixhosa_180
isuke inkosi ukuphendula kwayo ithi ndidla abam yidla abakho nawe	isixhosa_180_19	null	isixhosa_180
nje ngendoda efikayo eburhulunelini wayenezinto afuna kuthethathethwane ngazo	isixhosa_180_30	null	isixhosa_180
sikhe sabanikela ku sikhe sabanikela kungafisizwe siphela	isixhosa_180_29	null	isixhosa_180
ngezandlana zakho ezicekecekana wayibamba indoda ungabi sayiyeka	isixhosa_180_23	null	isixhosa_180
urhulumente wengingqi unoxanduva ngokomgaqosiseko wokubonelela ngeenkonzo zococeko	isixhosa_180_18	null	isixhosa_180
nam andibanga nakuzibamba nga ndeva ndise ndiziphethe ngee nkobe ndaqonda ukuba ndimshiya nyhani nyhani	isixhosa_180_24	null	isixhosa_180
uhleli wahlala umhlekazi phezu kolo walwa wada waanento athe wayiqonda ngokuyifundiswa ngamaphakathi akowabo	isixhosa_180_21	null	isixhosa_180
iqanda nesihlanu isibini isibini isihlanu isithathu isithathu isibini iqanda isine	isixhosa_189_13	null	isixhosa_189
kine emonti	isixhosa_189_09	null	isixhosa_189
emonti	isixhosa_189_08	null	isixhosa_189
cellphone	isixhosa_189_04	null	isixhosa_189
sisixhosa	isixhosa_189_01	null	isixhosa_189
isinye isingxi isibini isingxi isinye ishumi elina	isixhosa_189_05	null	isixhosa_189
umkhono phambi kwentsimbi yeshumi elinanye	isixhosa_189_10	null	isixhosa_189
u n no d no i no q u i u n u i u s u e k i l e	isixhosa_189_11	null	isixhosa_189
sine kwinyanga yomnga	isixhosa_189_12	null	isixhosa_189
langa alithethi nto kanti liyolela ngezimnandi nezimbi	isixhosa_189_15	null	isixhosa_189
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wasetyhini	isixhosa_189_03	null	isixhosa_189
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nanko uphalo ezakhela umzi wakhe enxaxho	isixhosa_189_20	null	isixhosa_189
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bhara apha e esoweto	isixhosa_155_08	null	isixhosa_155
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ndihlala e dobsenville esoweto	isixhosa_155_09	null	isixhosa_155
andikatshad	isixhosa_155_07	null	isixhosa_155
sisixhosa	isixhosa_155_01	null	isixhosa_155
lishumi elinane ngenyanga yaka july ka nineteen eighty nine	isixhosa_155_06	null	isixhosa_155
thetha ngomnxeba waphantsi	isixhosa_155_04	null	isixhosa_155
ishumi ne nesibhozo	isixhosa_155_02	null	isixhosa_155
ngowasetyhini	isixhosa_155_03	null	isixhosa_155
intsimbi yesithoba	isixhosa_155_10	null	isixhosa_155
kude kwakho isithunywa sasi saseindiya indoda yase yiqinile inobuthakathaka bentliziyo esambona sele ejuba esiwa kukuphelelwa ngamandla	isixhosa_155_17	null	isixhosa_155

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isiXhosa Speech Recognition Augmented Dataset

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: 686
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-test")

# 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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