Common Voice Scripted Speech 23.0 - Eton (Cameroon)

[Eton] — Eton (eto)

This datasheet is for version 23.0 of the the Mozilla Common Voice Scripted Speech dataset for Eton (eto). The dataset contains 11 hours of recorded speech (11 hours validated) from 24 speakers.

Language

Eton is classified in the Administrative Atlas of Cameroon's Languages as a dialect of Beti-Fang, along with Mengisa, Ewondo, Bulu, Ntumu and others. Ethnologue online identifies Eton as a distinct language.

Variants

The main contributor to this dataset identified two varieties of Eton, which he named Eton a Nke and Eton a Kwe. He declared that the collection of sentences used for read speech in this dataset represent the Eton a Nke variety. Other Eton speakers and language experts have argued that Eton is relatively homogeneous and native to nearly all indigenous populations in the Lekie Division of the Centre Region of Cameroon.

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.

Age

Self-declared age information, percentage refers to the number of clips annotated with this age band.

Writing system

The writing system used in the collection of sentence prompts for read speech in this dataset is based on Latin characters with casual tone marking. It reflects the writing system introduced by early missionaries through literature in Ewondo.

Sample

There follows a randomly selected sample of five sentences from the corpus.

1. Bëngadzoge mëvòd a mang ité

2. Me lou me ba me te ke yen dob-ro

3. Bi te n'noung otsira a kassin mou

4. A te di bidi bi nya

5. Aya ngogo dze te lot ?

Automatic random samples

Lerma nda nkukuma.
Ntangene o ne ma ngnom.
Dob-ro asse we i?
O te ding motoro
Me t'issa mindjong.

Community links

• Common Voice translators on Pontoon

Contribute

https://commonvoice.mozilla.org/eto/

Acknowledgements

The compilation of this dataset occured during data camp organized in Yaoundé (Cameroon) in September-October 2024. One main contributors was involved in the localization of the MCV interface for Eton, gathering of the sentence prompts, reading sentence prompts, and validating recordings. His name is Sosthène Ahanda.

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

Emmanuel Ngue Um ngueum@gmail.com, Sosthène Ahanda ahanda317@gmail.com

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.