Common Voice Scripted Speech 24.0 - Mengambo
License:
CC0-1.0
Steward:
Common Voice
Task: ASR
Release Date: 12/5/2025
Format: MP3
Size: 139.78 MB
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Description
A collection of scripted spoken phrases in Mengambo.
Specifics
Considerations
Forbidden Usage
It is forbidden to attempt to determine the identity of speakers in the common Voice datasets. It is forbidden to re-host or re-share this dataset
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
[Mengambo] — Mengambo (bce)
This datasheet is for version 24.0 of the the Mozilla Common Voice Scripted Speech dataset
for Mengambo (bce). The dataset contains 6141 clips representing 10.05 hours of recorded
speech (10.01 hours validated) from 14 speakers.
Language
Mengambo is Grassfield Bantu language spoken in the Bamboutos Division, West region of Cameroon.
Variants
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 | Percentage |
|---|---|
| Undefined | 100.0% |
Age
Self-declared age information, percentage refers to the number of clips annotated with this age band.
| Age Band | Percentage |
|---|---|
| Undefined | 100.0% |
Text corpus
Writing system
The collection of sentence prompts provided by the language representatives aligns with the General Alphabet of Cameroonian Languages
Symbol table
Sample
There follows a randomly selected sample of five sentences from the corpus.
Á cû ŋgâʼ a zhə́ ŋkwǎ tsə̌tndyǎ mamá Máni
Tsopmǒ nǝ mǒmǝ ntyénǝ́ fwo syé kǝtʼsǝmét
Mə́cywǐ ghâʼ mbî mə́ má fít ghyə̌ gho yéghə́ gho
Pʉ̌ gho mɛnə́ məfyeʼ mú gho ntyá ŋgâʼ o pə̂ fú wye
A má nə́ mbe ŋgâʼ á kát mbî
Automatic random samples
Mǝ́ntya koloná vilʉsǝ fi ndú pǝ́ cywítyǝ́.
Pô zhwʉ mbə fɔ nə mbə.
Yé ŋgâʼ pɔ̌ mwô gho wálā mpfə́ nâ sə̂.
Pɔ̂ sǝkôt nǝ́ ŋgwǒ mǝghǎ maʼ kot tǝtâ sǝkôt.
Məndwô mé ghwôʼ mbénə̄ mbwô məzhə́nə.
Sources
Text domains
| Domain | Count |
|---|---|
| Undefined | 6141 |
Processing
Recommended post-processing
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Community links
Discussions
Contribute
https://commonvoice.mozilla.org/bce/
Acknowledgements
The compilation of this dataset occured during data camp organized in Yaoundé (Cameroon) in May 2025. Two main contributors were involved in the localization of the MCV interface for Mengambo, gathering of the sentence prompts, reading sentence prompts, and validating recordings. They are :
Jean-Claude Moutieu
Geneviève Mouokat
Augustin Tagem
The organization of the data camp was conducted by a dynamic whose dedication is herewith acknowledged :
Dr. Florus Landry Dibenge (Project Lead)
Eliette Emilie-Caroline Ngo Tjomb Assembe
Eric Koung
Blaise Mathieu Banum Manguele
Martial Brice Antangana Eloundou
Emmanuel Giovanni Eloundou Eyenga
Datasheet authors
Emmanuel Ngue Um ngueum@gmail.com, Geneviève Mouokat <>, Jean-Claude Moutieu <>
Citation guidelines
Funding
The organization of the data camp that led to the compilation of this dataset was made possible by a grant by the Mozilla Foundation under the Opem Multingual Speech Fund (OMSF)
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.