Common Voice Scripted Speech 24.0 - Dhatki
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CC0-1.0
Steward:
Common Voice
Task: ASR
Release Date: 12/5/2025
Format: MP3
Size: 187.48 MB
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Description
A collection of scripted spoken phrases in Dhatki.
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
[Dhatki] — Dhatki (mki)
This datasheet is for version 24.0 of the the Mozilla Common Voice Scripted Speech dataset
for Dhatki (mki). The dataset contains 11327 clips representing 10.07 hours of recorded
speech (9.95 hours validated) from 12 speakers.
Language
Dhatki is a regional Indo-Aryan language, mainly spoken in Sindh (Pakistan) and Rajasthan (India). It is very close to Sindhi and Rajasthani, written in different scripts depending on the region, and mostly used in daily conversation, folk songs, and local stories.
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 | 82.0% |
| Female Feminine | 18.0% |
Age
Self-declared age information, percentage refers to the number of clips annotated with this age band.
| Age Band | Percentage |
|---|---|
| Twenties | 28.0% |
| Thirties | 72.0% |
Text corpus
The Dhatki corpus used in this project consists of original sentences written by the researcher. Unlike other collections that rely on religious texts or folk stories, this corpus is self-constructed (Rishi Parkash) to represent natural and everyday usage of Dhatki.
Writing system
The corpus is written in the Sindhi script. While Dhatki can be written in either Perso-Arabic (Sindhi-based) or Devanagari, this dataset follows the Sindhi convention, reflecting the variety spoken in Pakistan (Sindh).
Symbol table
My corpus is written Sindhi, Sindhi script has 52 letters.
ا ب ٻ پ ڀ ت ٿ ٽ ٺ ث ج ڄ جھ چ ڇ ح خ د ڌ ڊڍ ڏ ڍ ذر ر ڙ ز ژ س ش ص ض ط ظ ع غ ف ڦ ق ڪ گ ڳ ڱ ل ڻ ن ڃ م ء و ؤ ۏ ه ء ي ءَ ءِ ءُ
Sample
There follows a randomly selected sample of five sentences from the corpus.
1. تايو نالو ڪي هي.
2. سيورو جلدي اٺڻ سٺي بات هي.
3. آپرو ڪم آپ ڪرڻ کپي.
4. ڪراچي سنڌ صوبي رو شهر.
5. ٿري ڌاٽڪي ٻولي ٻولي ٿا.
Automatic random samples
ڇوڪريان ري بي ٽيم هي.
ڪال ڄام هوا هتي.
بلڪل سهي بات هي.
هون سرف هيڪ ٽائم پيا ٿو.
ڀيڙا پيو
Sources
The corpus is entirely based on original sentences written by the Rishi Parkash in Dhatki (Sindhi script), reflecting natural language use. No external written sources were used.
Text domains
| Domain | Count |
|---|---|
| Undefined | 11327 |
Processing
The corpus was created by composing original sentences in Dhatki, typing them in Sindhi script, and then editing for accuracy and consistency. Sentences were cleaned, standardized, and organized into a digital format for use in analysis.
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Acknowledgements
Datasheet authors
Common Voice Community
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.