Common Voice Scripted Speech 24.0 - Kom
License:
CC0-1.0
Steward:
Common Voice
Task: ASR
Release Date: 12/5/2025
Format: MP3
Size: 253.86 MB
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Description
A collection of scripted spoken phrases in Kom.
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
[Kom] — Kom (bkm)
This datasheet is for version 24.0 of the the Mozilla Common Voice Scripted Speech dataset
for Kom (bkm). The dataset contains 7833 clips representing 12.56 hours of recorded
speech (12.14 hours validated) from 27 speakers.
Language
Kom is a Grassfield-Bantu language that belongs to the group Ring and is spoken in the Menchum Division, North-West region in 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.
Mbvɨngwo ghɨ ntè' ghɨ kɨ-a kɨ camelûn i jɨm bòm ndo àfvɨ zɨ a i ghɨ a fu
Ngem ka i bu læ kum bula àmbu' a ngèm
Su fu ma nɨ̀ ìti ma gva fɨsus ateyn
Ghesina kɨŋ nkɨŋsɨ kfa nɨ̀ seynsɨ
A ghɨ a kom ɨlwe' ɨ sana
Automatic random samples
Ngem ka i bu læ kum bula àmbu' a ngèm.
Ghɨ n-læ meyn bè sɨ̂ mà na ka mà læ̂ tìmi aleʼ à mòʼ achi a li-a, nà chîtɨ̀ ghelɨ na ghɨ ni iwo.
Wayn weyn nle' ntum.
A ghɨ nsaŋ nyam tî.
Và lu a Acha va dyaŋ Ashɨŋ.
Sources
Text domains
| Domain | Count |
|---|---|
| Undefined | 7833 |
Processing
Recommended post-processing
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Community links
Discussions
Contribute
https://commonvoice.mozilla.org/bkm
Acknowledgements
The compilation of this dataset occured during data camp organized in Yaoundé (Cameroon) in September-October 2024. Two main contributors were involved in the localization of the MCV interface for Kom, gathering of the sentence prompts, reading sentence prompts, and validating recordings. They are :
Gilian Nindum
Milton Mih Nges
The organization of the data camp was conducted by a dynamic whose dedication is herewith acknowledged :
Eliette Emilie-Caroline Ngo Tjomb Assembe (Project Lead)
Dr. Florus Landry Dibenge
Blaise Mathieu Banoum Manguele
Blaise Abo Djoulde
Mathilde Nyambe A.
Brice Martial Atangana Eloundou
Jeff Sterling Ngami Kamagoua
José Mpuda Avom
Zacharie Nyobe
Emmanuel Giovanni Eloundou Eyenga
André Pascal Likwai
Datasheet authors
Citation guidelines
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.