Common Voice Scripted Speech 23.0 - Nüpode Huitoto

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Licensing

CC0-1.0

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Processes

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.

Metadata

[Nüpode Huitoto] — Nüpode Huitoto (`hux`)

This datasheet is for version 23.0 of the the Mozilla Common Voice Scripted Speech dataset for Nüpode Huitoto (hux). The dataset contains 12 hours of recorded speech (10 hours validated) from 13 speakers.

Language

The Murui-Muinanɨ language, ISO code hux belongs to the Witotoan family and is spoken in the basins of the Putumayo, Napo, and Amazonas rivers in the Loreto department of Perú. It has traditionally been known as Uitoto or Huitoto but now they prefer the endonym Murui-Muinanɨ.

Demographic information

The dataset includes the following distribution of age and gender.

Gender

Self-declared gender information, percentage refers to the number of clips annotated with this gender.

Gender	Pertentage
Undefined	37.0%
Female Feminine	63.0%

Age

Self-declared age information, percentage refers to the number of clips annotated with this age band.

Age Band	Percentage
Twenties	19.0%
Thirties	9.0%
Fourties	26.0%
Fifties	37.0%
Sixties	9.0%

Text corpus

On average, sentences consist of six words and contain a total of forty letters.

Writing system

The murui muinane alphabet was officially established by Executive Order No. 303-2015-MINEDU issued by Peruvian Ministry of Education. The alphabet is composed by 23 graphemes.

Sample

There follows a randomly selected sample of five sentences from the corpus:

Jae omɨ fetocagaomoɨ,jaitɨomoɨsa
Kue jito aɨdaɨmana jeikɨga
Amenamo llɨoñeno,jaidɨrede
eikaɨ kookɨ dɨga uillɨtaitɨkue.
ɨniroi ɨduide

Automatic random samples

Oo fɨnoka masato bite.
Suruma illaikɨdɨ rɨñega.
Oo abɨ bɨitɨkue
Baiñañona duenai, urue fiodaillasa
jakafaɨmo urainide

Sources

Sentences were written by Mrs. Cleofina Tello

Community links

Common Voice translators on Pontoon

Contribute

Acknowledgements

We extend our gratitude to Mr. Oscar Chávez Gonzales of the Peruvian Ministry of Education for providing invaluable information.

Datasheet authors

Luis Camacho camacho.l@pucp.pe

Citation guidelines

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}}

Funding

This dataset was funded by the Mozilla Foundation Open Multilingual Speech Fund.

Licence

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.