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Error code:   FeaturesError
Exception:    FileNotFoundError
Message:      [Errno 2] No such file or directory: '<datasets.utils.file_utils.FilesIterable object at 0x7f25734824b0>'
Traceback:    Traceback (most recent call last):
                File "/src/services/worker/src/worker/job_runners/split/first_rows.py", line 244, in compute_first_rows_from_streaming_response
                  iterable_dataset = iterable_dataset._resolve_features()
                File "/usr/local/lib/python3.14/site-packages/datasets/iterable_dataset.py", line 4523, in _resolve_features
                  features = _infer_features_from_batch(self.with_format(None)._head())
                                                        ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^
                File "/usr/local/lib/python3.14/site-packages/datasets/iterable_dataset.py", line 2768, in _head
                  return next(iter(self.iter(batch_size=n)))
                File "/usr/local/lib/python3.14/site-packages/datasets/iterable_dataset.py", line 2972, in iter
                  for key, pa_table in ex_iterable.iter_arrow():
                                       ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^
                File "/usr/local/lib/python3.14/site-packages/datasets/iterable_dataset.py", line 2483, in _iter_arrow
                  yield from self.ex_iterable._iter_arrow()
                File "/usr/local/lib/python3.14/site-packages/datasets/iterable_dataset.py", line 547, in _iter_arrow
                  for key, pa_table in iterator:
                                       ^^^^^^^^
                File "/usr/local/lib/python3.14/site-packages/datasets/iterable_dataset.py", line 430, in _iter_arrow
                  for key, pa_table in self.generate_tables_fn(**gen_kwags):
                                       ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^^^
                File "/usr/local/lib/python3.14/site-packages/datasets/packaged_modules/xml/xml.py", line 67, in _generate_tables
                  with open(file, encoding=self.config.encoding, errors=self.config.encoding_errors) as f:
                       ~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
                File "/usr/local/lib/python3.14/site-packages/datasets/streaming.py", line 73, in wrapper
                  return function(*args, download_config=download_config, **kwargs)
                File "/usr/local/lib/python3.14/site-packages/datasets/utils/file_utils.py", line 962, in xopen
                  return open(main_hop, mode, *args, **kwargs)
              FileNotFoundError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: '<datasets.utils.file_utils.FilesIterable object at 0x7f25734824b0>'

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Miklamálgrunnurin: Faroese MegaWord Corpus, MMG-2026

A collection of Faroese texts with linguistic annotation, published by Máltøknidepilin, Fróðskaparsetur Føroya. Search the corpus at miklamal.setur.fo.

Contents

  • Words: 58,982,165
  • Tokens: 70,600,361
  • TEI records: 458,740
  • XML files: 105,918
  • Corpora: 65

Words count XML w elements; tokens include words and punctuation (w + pc). TEI records count individual texts or snippets. XML files count the physical files: a standalone document contains one record, while a teiCorpus collection can contain many.

Generated headings are excluded. Counts describe the files included in this repository.

Folder names use the English corpus and group titles, in lowercase with underscores. Original corpus IDs are retained in manifest.json and the XML.

Groups: public_sector_information, poetry, laws, journals_and_report_series, reference_works, religious_texts, spoken_language, essays.

Corpus Words Tokens TEI records XML files
Akstovan 141,726 168,653 429 429
Ministry of Social Affairs 544,839 639,324 41 41
ALS 322,074 370,224 779 779
Faroese Pharmacy Service 132,278 154,071 387 387
Social Services 74,105 85,637 379 379
Ministry of Children and Education 299,806 357,266 17 17
BLARK 8,270,965 9,573,507 298,152 336
Bústaðir – National Housing Company 122,854 140,989 120 120
Data Protection Authority 98,061 112,847 213 213
Eiði Municipality 365,247 418,028 1,853 1,853
Eystur Municipality 1,177,779 1,469,982 6,553 6,553
Ministry of Finance 655,075 755,293 89 89
Ministry of Fisheries 299,377 356,721 17 17
Faroese Maritime Authority 260,124 314,525 545 545
Faroese Ballads 635,255 785,626 336 336
Public Health Council 12,186 14,157 1 1
Saga of the Faroese 30,732 36,698 58 58
Notices 183,608 224,937 101 101
Fróðskaparrit 595,090 743,041 109 109
Fuglafjørður Municipality 717,736 844,425 1,728 1,728
Health Promotion Council 7,995 9,292 1 1
Gigni – Health Visiting Service 282,707 333,981 367 367
Government Treasury 2,370,665 3,024,347 742 742
Ministry of Health 32,432 37,086 2 2
Health Insurance 37,425 44,540 102 102
IRF 400,081 459,744 721 721
ISLEX 310,104 319,256 55,075 69
Ecclesiastical Regulations 77 90 1 1
Klaksvík Municipality 909,139 1,163,743 602 602
KOB – Municipal Waste Management 83,614 96,672 629 629
Regulations 3,206,891 3,868,340 3,022 3,022
Landsverk – Public Works Authority 1,236,503 1,446,247 2,223 2,223
Guidelines 98,324 114,776 45 45
Prime Minister’s Office 4,549,701 5,317,580 286 286
Acts of the Faroese Parliament 1,847,457 2,211,100 2,000 2,000
Consolidated Acts 84,884 100,209 3 3
Parliamentary Ombudsman 3,626,671 4,285,095 1,102 1,102
Curricula 279,508 317,321 73 73
Nes Municipality 17,046 19,840 81 81
Faroe Islands Police 73,878 85,093 317 317
Posta 162,689 190,416 290 290
Runavík Municipality 242,344 286,209 502 502
Circulars 155,373 185,224 80 80
Gospel of Matthew (Schrøter, 1823) 22,190 26,693 28 28
SEV 2,232,778 2,592,242 1,754 1,754
Sjóvar Municipality 78,625 92,783 315 315
Faroese Hospital Service 421,461 486,124 1,128 1,128
Strandfaraskip Landsins – Public Transport 165,645 190,586 809 809
Studni – Student Grants Fund 62,086 72,608 157 157
Sunda Municipality 54,118 61,067 289 289
TAKS – Tax Authority 1,638,817 2,858,718 1,043 1,043
Parliamentary debates (ASR) 7,752,194 8,864,259 48,027 48,027
Rules of Procedure 6,710 7,897 1 1
Tórshavn Municipality 6,382,369 7,630,380 3,193 3,193
Tvøroyri Municipality 400,609 493,272 534 534
Environment Agency 1,635,872 1,931,363 2,190 2,190
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Culture 70,441 82,266 8 8
Vágar Municipality 194,275 219,957 1,039 1,039
Vágur Municipality 52,060 60,748 195 195
Vangin – Public Service Portal 68,950 78,496 137 137
Faroese Meteorological Office 229,752 268,910 210 210
Vestmanna Municipality 523,785 640,240 3,286 3,286
Vinnustovnurin – Business Authority 5,675 6,654 21 21
Faroese Wikipedia 1,951,793 2,362,520 14,202 14,202
Essays 77,535 90,426 1 1

License

MMG's original documentation, metadata and linguistic annotations are licensed under CC BY 4.0. Source texts and third-party material retain their existing terms. Adaptations subject to ShareAlike remain subject to those requirements.

Source texts have different licenses and other terms of use. See LICENSES.md, the corpus LICENSE.md files and the rights statements in the XML.

XML format

Each full document is a TEI P5 XML file. Short text records share teiCorpus files, with common metadata in the collection header. Headers are in Faroese and English. Words carry lemmas and morphological tags, assigned automatically using Bendingar and BRAGD. See the format notes for the XML structure, dates, identifiers and validation.

Download

Download the whole repository:

hf download Setur/MMG-2026 --repo-type dataset --revision main --local-dir MMG-2026

For one corpus, add --include 'CORPUS_FOLDER/**', using its folder from manifest.json. Some large folders contain part-xx subfolders.

Citation

Cite this MMG edition. If you use only specific subcorpora, name them in the citation.

Johannesen, Uni; Debess, Iben Nyholm; Berg, Ingmar; Simonsen, Annika; Scalvini, Barbara. 2026. Miklamálgrunnurin: Faroese MegaWord Corpus, MMG-2026. Fróðskaparsetur Føroya. https://miklamal.setur.fo/?mode=MMG2026.

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