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| license: cc-by-4.0 |
| language: |
| - zu |
| - en |
| size_categories: |
| - 1K<n<10K |
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| 🧠 MetaWell Code-Switching Dataset |
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| The MetaWell Code-Switching Dataset is the first large-scale African dataset built for training and evaluating code-switching between isiZulu and English. |
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| It contains paired audio + text examples representing natural language use in South African daily life, media, and conversation. The dataset enables development of speech-to-text, translation, and language understanding models for African multilingual environments. |
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| 📊 Dataset Structure |
| Language Samples Type Content |
| isiZulu ~1 000 Text + Audio Native isiZulu speech and transcripts |
| English ~1 000 Text + Audio Native English speech and transcripts |
| Code-Switched (Zulu-English) ~400 Text + Audio Mixed-language examples |
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| Each entry includes: |
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| text/ transcript |
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| audio/ recording (.wav) |
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| metadata (language, speaker, emotion, tone, etc.) |
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| ⚙️ Intended Use |
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| Code-switching recognition and translation |
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| African-language speech recognition |
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| Multilingual chatbots and assistants |
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| AI education and research in Africa |
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| 📂 File Organization |
| MetaWell_AI_Dataset/ |
| ├── text/ |
| │ ├── zulu/ |
| │ ├── english/ |
| │ └── codeswitch/ |
| ├── audio/ |
| │ ├── zulu/ |
| │ ├── english/ |
| │ └── codeswitch/ |
| └── metadata.csv |
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| 🏷️ License |
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| CC-BY 4.0 — You may use, share, or adapt this dataset with attribution to MetaWell AI. |
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| 🧩 Citation |
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| If you use this dataset, please cite: |
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| @dataset{moremoholo_metawell_2025, |
| title = {MetaWell Code-Switching Dataset (Zulu–English)}, |
| author = {Moremoholo, Thabo}, |
| year = {2025}, |
| url = {https://huggingface.co/metawell-ai/metawell_codeswitch_dataset} |
| } |
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| 🌍 About MetaWell AI |
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| MetaWell AI is an African AI initiative focused on bridging human and machine communication through multilingual, code-switching, and culturally aware models. |
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| Homepage: https://meta-vault-1daccafc.base44.app |
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| Contact: thabo1.moremoholo@gmail.com |
