Common Voice Scripted Speech 24.0 - Asheninka South Ucayali
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CC0-1.0
Steward:
Common Voice
Task: ASR
Release Date: 12/5/2025
Format: MP3
Size: 200.90 MB
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Description
A collection of scripted spoken phrases in Asheninka South Ucayali.
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
[Asheninka South Ucayali] — Asheninka South Ucayali (cpy)
This datasheet is for version 24.0 of the the Mozilla Common Voice Scripted Speech dataset
for Asheninka South Ucayali (cpy). The dataset contains 8272 clips representing 10.15 hours of recorded
speech (10.02 hours validated) from 15 speakers.
Language
The Asheninka are a South America first nation and their language belong to the Arawak linguistic family, they are primarily located in the central Peruvian rainforest between the eastern Andes and the Ucayali River, a region known as the Gran Pajonal due to its extensive tropical grasslands. Their cultural identity is deeply tied to their language, ancestral practices, and a profound connection to their territory, which they view as essential to their livelihood and cultural distinctiveness.
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 | 77.0% |
| Female Feminine | 23.0% |
Age
Self-declared age information, percentage refers to the number of clips annotated with this age band.
| Age Band | Percentage |
|---|---|
| Undefined | 1.0% |
| Twenties | 12.0% |
| Thirties | 12.0% |
| Teens | 24.0% |
| Fourties | 39.0% |
| Sixties | 12.0% |
Text corpus
On average, sentences consist of six words and contain a total of forty letters.
Writing system
The Asheninka alphabet was officially established by Executive Order No. 199-2019-MINEDU issued by Peruvian Ministry of Education. The alphabet is composed by 22 graphemes.
Sample
There follows a randomly selected sample of five sentences from the corpus:
Pankotziki roya owanawontzi
Katzinkaeteri tsinani opashikantawo pashikawontzi ojawatanchari
Noshinkitaka noñawetzi kari pero, nosheninka eero napitziro
Pashitakoteri potzitzite, eero ratzikantari atziri
Añakiri nantatziri antamiki
Automatic random samples
Thame amampaya atzipatawakaya
Rashitakiro roki ojarentsipaeni
Ikamaetaki rentzite, iniro iraka oshekipero
Nawithakitakiro shintzi nana
Ari abijamotsimi awotzi
Sources
Sentences were written by Mr. Denis Camayteri.
Text domains
| Domain | Count |
|---|---|
| Undefined | 8272 |
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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 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.