Common Voice Scripted Speech 24.0 - Bakoko
License:
CC0-1.0
Steward:
Common Voice
Task: ASR
Release Date: 12/5/2025
Format: MP3
Size: 275.61 MB
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Description
A collection of scripted spoken phrases in Bakoko.
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
[Bakoko] — Bakoko (bkh)
This datasheet is for version 24.0 of the the Mozilla Common Voice Scripted Speech dataset
for Bakoko (bkh). The dataset contains 7563 clips representing 14.58 hours of recorded
speech (10.82 hours validated) from 13 speakers.
Language
Bakoko is a Narrow Bantu language spoken in the Sanaga-Maritime Division, Littoral Region in Cameroon.
Variants
Contributors to this dataset have reported various varieties that coexist and whose speakers identify more or less as Bakoko: Adie, Yakalak, Yasag, and Bisoo. This classification is likely not consensual, as different varieties may claim distinct ethnolinguistic identities.
The sentence prompts used to compile this dataset mostly represent the Yakalak variety.
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
Symbol table
Sample
There follows a randomly selected sample of five sentences from the corpus.
Mag yi nɛ ɔ lɛ ŋtɔmbɔg
Yee ɔ ngɔ yi liɓɔŋ li mɓɛɛŋ ?
A ɓen lioŋganɛ jama ate a nsaŋ
Ɔh kɔnɔg ɓe woŋ liɓɔŋ li mam
Mikala mi mbahɛ mi lɛ mɓɛɛŋ
Automatic random samples
Mag diŋ ki mag ɛn ɓot mivag.
Li nyɛɛle wa toɓo toɓo mɔlyaŋ!
Ɓoŋ mam kaa ɛ ngaa ɓat.
Laasa etɔmb nɛ ɛ byɛɛ ma.
Nyɔ kalɛ ag laŋ tɔlaa.
Sources
Text domains
| Domain | Count |
|---|---|
| Undefined | 7563 |
Processing
Recommended post-processing
Get involved!
Community links
Discussions
Contribute
https://commonvoice.mozilla.org/bkh
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 Bakoko, gathering of the sentence prompts, reading sentence prompts, and validating recordings. They are :
Eugène Roland Bilaa
Dieudonné Bihoya
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, Eugène Roland Bilaa eugenebilaa24@gmail.com, Dieudonné Bihoya bihoyadieudonne779@yahoo.fr
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Funding
This dataset was partially funded by the Open Multilingual Speech Fund managed by Mozilla Common Voice.
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.