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Common VoiceDataset ID:
cmflnn4805j10lk76kzkhx1xn
Release Date: 9/15/2025
Format: MP3
Size: 270.92 MB
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A collection of scripted spoken phrases in Eastern Balochi.
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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.
bgp)This datasheet is for version 23.0 of the the Mozilla Common Voice Scripted Speech dataset
for Eastern Balochi (bgp). The dataset contains 14 hours of recorded
speech (13 hours validated) from 25 speakers.
Eastern Balochi is a Northwestern Iranian language spoken by the Baloch people, primarily in eastern Balochistan (Pakistan), as well as in parts of Punjab and Sindh. It is one of the major dialects of Balochi and has significant mutual intelligibility with Western and Southern Balochi. Around 2 million people speak Eastern Balochi.
The dataset includes the following distribution of age and gender.
Self-declared gender information, percentage refers to the number of clips annotated with this gender.
| Gender | Pertentage |
|---|---|
| Undefined | 99.0% |
| Female Feminine | 1.0% |
Self-declared age information, percentage refers to the number of clips annotated with this age band.
| Age Band | Percentage |
|---|---|
| Undefined | 95.0% |
| Twenties | 5.0% |
CORPUS from Baloch Academy, more than 10 million words.
As the writing system of Eastern Balochi is similar to the Perso-Arabic system used in Urdu and Persian, the same system is also used for question and response transcriptions.
ا ب پ ت ٹ ث ج چ ح خ د ڈ ذ ر ڑ ز ژ س ش ص ض ط ظ ع غ ف ق ک گ ل م ن ں و ہ ء ی ے ۔ ؟
There follows a randomly selected sample of five sentences from the corpus.
Automatic random samples
من ترا یل نہ دے آں۔
آئی ءِ کمکار ( اسٹنٹ ) پہ زہر کنگی آواں ہکّل دیاں اَت
تو پہ چیا گوک ءِ رگام
بلے چُوداں ہم ہمے پسّہ ئے رَست کہ تئی سَوَب ءَ ما بلاہیں پرٛوشے ءِ دیمپان بُوتاں
اے چے پیمیں گوٛازی ئےبوئگءَ اِنت
https://ebook.balochiacademy.org/
Healthcare, Nature & environment, Language Fundamentals (e.g. Digits, Letters, Money)
SHUMAILA AMAN amanshumaila@gmail.com
https://ebook.balochiacademy.org/
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.