--- language: - eng - afr - nbl - xho - zul - nso - sep - tsn - ssw - ven - tso license: cc-by-4.0 task_categories: - translation pretty_name: The Vuk'uzenzele South African Multilingual Corpus tags: - multilingual - government arxiv: 2303.0375 dataset_info: - config_name: afr features: - name: title dtype: string - name: author dtype: string - name: text dtype: string - name: edition dtype: string - name: language_code dtype: string - name: __index_level_0__ dtype: int64 splits: - name: train num_bytes: 462140 num_examples: 130 - name: test num_bytes: 117811 num_examples: 28 - name: eval num_bytes: 109553 num_examples: 29 download_size: 431879 dataset_size: 689504 - config_name: eng features: - name: title dtype: string - name: author dtype: string - name: text dtype: string - name: edition dtype: string - name: language_code dtype: string - name: __index_level_0__ dtype: int64 splits: - name: train num_bytes: 369888 num_examples: 120 - name: test num_bytes: 89637 num_examples: 26 - name: eval num_bytes: 77360 num_examples: 26 download_size: 338733 dataset_size: 536885 - config_name: nbl features: - name: title dtype: string - name: author dtype: string - name: text dtype: string - name: edition dtype: string - name: language_code dtype: string - name: __index_level_0__ dtype: int64 splits: - name: train num_bytes: 535653 num_examples: 132 - name: test num_bytes: 112521 num_examples: 28 - name: eval num_bytes: 125205 num_examples: 29 download_size: 494289 dataset_size: 773379 - config_name: nso features: - name: title dtype: string - name: author dtype: string - name: text dtype: string - name: edition dtype: string - name: language_code dtype: string - name: __index_level_0__ dtype: int64 splits: - name: train num_bytes: 538443 num_examples: 128 - name: test num_bytes: 129131 num_examples: 27 - name: eval num_bytes: 114196 num_examples: 28 download_size: 452010 dataset_size: 781770 - config_name: sot features: - name: title dtype: string - name: author dtype: string - name: text dtype: string - name: edition dtype: string - name: language_code dtype: string - name: __index_level_0__ dtype: int64 splits: - name: train num_bytes: 532606 num_examples: 131 - name: test num_bytes: 113414 num_examples: 28 - name: eval num_bytes: 118072 num_examples: 29 download_size: 453603 dataset_size: 764092 - config_name: ssw features: - name: title dtype: string - name: author dtype: string - name: text dtype: string - name: edition dtype: string - name: language_code dtype: string - name: __index_level_0__ dtype: int64 splits: - name: train num_bytes: 526390 num_examples: 130 - name: test num_bytes: 116446 num_examples: 28 - name: eval num_bytes: 121511 num_examples: 29 download_size: 477822 dataset_size: 764347 - config_name: tsn features: - name: title dtype: string - name: author dtype: string - name: text dtype: string - name: edition dtype: string - name: language_code dtype: string - name: __index_level_0__ dtype: int64 splits: - name: train num_bytes: 622646 num_examples: 128 - name: test num_bytes: 121183 num_examples: 27 - name: eval num_bytes: 127609 num_examples: 28 download_size: 496882 dataset_size: 871438 configs: - config_name: afr data_files: - split: train path: afr/train-* - split: test path: afr/test-* - split: eval path: afr/eval-* - config_name: eng data_files: - split: train path: eng/train-* - split: test path: eng/test-* - split: eval path: eng/eval-* - config_name: nbl data_files: - split: train path: nbl/train-* - split: test path: nbl/test-* - split: eval path: nbl/eval-* - config_name: nso data_files: - split: train path: nso/train-* - split: test path: nso/test-* - split: eval path: nso/eval-* - config_name: sot data_files: - split: train path: sot/train-* - split: test path: sot/test-* - split: eval path: sot/eval-* - config_name: ssw data_files: - split: train path: ssw/train-* - split: test path: ssw/test-* - split: eval path: ssw/eval-* - config_name: tsn data_files: - split: train path: tsn/train-* - split: test path: tsn/test-* - split: eval path: tsn/eval-* --- # The Vuk'uzenzele South African Multilingual Corpus Give Feedback 📑: [DSFSI Resource Feedback Form](https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSf7S36dyAUPx2egmXbFpnTBuzoRulhL5Elu-N1eoMhaO7v10w/formResponse) ## About Dataset The dataset was obtained from the South African government magazine Vuk'uzenzele, created by the [Government Communication and Information System (GCIS)](https://www.gcis.gov.za/). The original raw PDFs were obtatined from the [Vuk'uzenzele website](https://www.vukuzenzele.gov.za/). The datasets contain government magazine editions in 11 languages, namely: | Language | Code | Language | Code | |------------|-------|------------|-------| | English | (eng) | Sepedi | (nso) | | Afrikaans | (afr) | Setswana | (tsn) | | isiNdebele | (nbl) | Siswati | (ssw) | | isiXhosa | (xho) | Tshivenda | (ven) | | isiZulu | (zul) | Xitstonga | (tso) | | Sesotho | (sot) | **Note:** The languages use the ISO 639-2 language codes. The data is split by language in JSONL format and each row is of the form: ``` { "title": "Title for article", "author": "Author Name or Vukuzenzele", "text": "Article text", "edition": "Linked Magazine edition", "language_code": "ISO 639-2 language code" } ``` ## Disclaimer This dataset contains machine-readable data extracted from PDF documents, from https://www.vukuzenzele.gov.za/, provided by the Government Communication Information System (GCIS). While efforts were made to ensure the accuracy and completeness of this data, there may be errors or discrepancies between the original publications and this dataset. No warranties, guarantees or representations are given in relation to the information contained in the dataset. The members of the Data Science for Societal Impact Research Group bear no responsibility and/or liability for any such errors or discrepancies in this dataset. The Government Communication Information System (GCIS) bears no responsibility and/or liability for any such errors or discrepancies in this dataset. It is recommended that users verify all information contained herein before making decisions based upon this information. ## Authors - Vukosi Marivate - [@vukosi](https://twitter.com/vukosi) - Andani Madodonga - Daniel Njini - Richard Lastrucci - Isheanesu Dzingirai - Jenalea Rajab ## Citation **Paper** [Preparing the Vuk'uzenzele and ZA-gov-multilingual South African multilingual corpora](https://arxiv.org/pdf/2303.03750) > @inproceedings{lastrucci-etal-2023-preparing, title = "Preparing the Vuk{'}uzenzele and {ZA}-gov-multilingual {S}outh {A}frican multilingual corpora", author = "Richard Lastrucci and Isheanesu Dzingirai and Jenalea Rajab and Andani Madodonga and Matimba Shingange and Daniel Njini and Vukosi Marivate", booktitle = "Proceedings of the Fourth workshop on Resources for African Indigenous Languages (RAIL 2023)", month = may, year = "2023", address = "Dubrovnik, Croatia", publisher = "Association for Computational Linguistics", url = "https://aclanthology.org/2023.rail-1.3", pages = "18--25" } **Dataset** Vukosi Marivate, Andani Madodonga, Daniel Njini, Richard Lastrucci, Isheanesu Dzingirai, Jenalea Rajab. **The Vuk'uzenzele South African Multilingual Corpus**, 2023 > @dataset{marivate_vukosi_2023_7598540, author = {Marivate, Vukosi and Njini, Daniel and Madodonga, Andani and Lastrucci, Richard and Dzingirai, Isheanesu Rajab, Jenalea}, title = {The Vuk'uzenzele South African Multilingual Corpus}, month = feb, year = 2023, publisher = {Zenodo}, doi = {10.5281/zenodo.7598539}, url = {https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7598539} } Licences ------- * License for Data - [CC 4.0 BY](LICENSE.data.md) * Licence for Code - [MIT License](LICENSE.md)