Common Voice Scripted Speech 23.0 - Gen

Locale: gej

Size: 215.47 MB

Task: ASR

Format: MP3

License: CC-0

Mina — Gen / Mina (gej)

This datasheet is for the Mozilla Common Voice Scripted Speech dataset for Mina (gej). The dataset contains 11.43 hours of recorded speech (collected, ongoing validation) from more than 19 recording endpoints, mostly by women.

Language

Mina (also called Gen, Gɛn gbe, Popo) is a Gbe language spoken primarily in southern Togo (Maritime Region) and in southern Benin (Mono Department). It is part of the Kwa branch of the Niger-Congo family. The language is used in daily communication, religious contexts, oral literature, and traditional expressions.

Writing system

Mina / Gen is a tonal language, using level tones:

  • High tone: marked with an acute accent (´)

  • Low tone: unmarked

Nasalization is indicated via n following the vowel (e.g. an, en) rather than via diacritics.

Symbol table

Uppercase: A B C D Ɖ E Ɛ F G GB Ɣ H X I J K KP L M N NY Ŋ Ɔ P S T U Ʋ V W Y Z

Lowercase: a b c d ɖ e ɛ f g gb ɣ h x i j k kp l m n ny ŋ ɔ p s t u ʋ v w y z

Sources

The dataset has been compiled from:

  • Religious books (translations, liturgy)

  • Dictionaries of Mina / Gen

  • Common expressions collected from everyday life and fieldwork

Get involved!

To get more information about this dataset and find out how you can contribute, please take a look at the following links.

Community links

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Curators

  • Justin Bakoubolo

  • AGBOBLI, PhD

Compiler / Coordinator

  • Justin Bakoubolo — supervised the compilation and coordination of the dataset.

Contact

Funding

This dataset was made possible by the Open Multilingual Speech Fund.

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.