---
annotations_creators:
- found
language_creators:
- found
languages:
- ig
licenses:
- unknown
multilinguality:
- monolingual
size_categories:
  bbc-igbo:
  - 1K<n<10K
  eze_goes_to_school:
  - n<1K
  igbo-radio:
  - n<1K
  jw-books:
  - n<1K
  jw-nt-igbo:
  - n<1K
  jw-ot-igbo:
  - n<1K
  jw-teta:
  - n<1K
  jw-ulo_nche:
  - n<1K
  jw-ulo_nche_naamu:
  - n<1K
source_datasets:
- original
task_categories:
- sequence-modeling
task_ids:
- language-modeling
---

# Dataset Card for Igbo Monolingual Dataset

## Table of Contents
- [Dataset Description](#dataset-description)
  - [Dataset Summary](#dataset-summary)
  - [Supported Tasks](#supported-tasks-and-leaderboards)
  - [Languages](#languages)
- [Dataset Structure](#dataset-structure)
  - [Data Instances](#data-instances)
  - [Data Fields](#data-fields)
  - [Data Splits](#data-splits)
- [Dataset Creation](#dataset-creation)
  - [Curation Rationale](#curation-rationale)
  - [Source Data](#source-data)
  - [Annotations](#annotations)
  - [Personal and Sensitive Information](#personal-and-sensitive-information)
- [Considerations for Using the Data](#considerations-for-using-the-data)
  - [Social Impact of Dataset](#social-impact-of-dataset)
  - [Discussion of Biases](#discussion-of-biases)
  - [Other Known Limitations](#other-known-limitations)
- [Additional Information](#additional-information)
  - [Dataset Curators](#dataset-curators)
  - [Licensing Information](#licensing-information)
  - [Citation Information](#citation-information)

## Dataset Description

- **Homepage:** https://github.com/IgnatiusEzeani/IGBONLP/tree/master/ig_monoling
- **Repository:** https://github.com/IgnatiusEzeani/IGBONLP/tree/master/ig_monoling
- **Paper:** https://arxiv.org/abs/2004.00648

### Dataset Summary

A dataset is a collection of Monolingual Igbo sentences.

### Supported Tasks and Leaderboards

[More Information Needed]

### Languages

Igbo (ig)

## Dataset Structure

### Data Instances

Here is an example from the bb-igbo config:
```
{'content': 'Ike Ekweremmadụ\n\nIke ịda jụụ otụ nkeji banyere oke ogbugbu na-eme n\'ala Naijiria agwụla Ekweremmadụ\n\nOsote onye-isi ndị ome-iwu Naịjirịa bụ Ike Ekweremadu ekwuola na ike agwụla ndị Sịnatị iji otu nkeji darajụụ akwanyere ndị egburu n\'ime oke ọgbaghara dị na Naịjirịa oge ọ bula.\n\nEkweremadu  katọrọ mwakpọ na ogbugbu ndị Naịjirịa aka ha dị ọcha nke ndị Fulani na-achị ehi mere, kwuo na ike agwụla ndị ome- iwu ịkwanyere ha ugwu n\'otu nkeji\'\n\nCheta n\'otu ịzụka gara-aga ka emere akwam ozu mmadụ ruru iri asaa egburu na Local Gọọmenti Logo na Guma nke Benue Steeti, e be ihe kariri mmadụ iri ise ka akụkọ kwuru n\'egburu na Taraba Steeti.\n\nEkweremadu gosiri iwe gbasara ogbugbu ndị mmadụ na nzukọ ndị ome-iwu n\'ụbọchị taa, kwuo na Naịjirịa ga-ebu ụzọ nwe udo na nchekwa, tupu e kwuowa okwu iwulite obodo.\n\nỌ sịrị:  "Ndị ome-iwu abụghị sọ ọsọ ndị ihe a metụtara, kama ndị Naịjirịa niile.\n\n\'Ike agwụla anyị iji otu nkeji dị jụụ maka nkwanye ugwu. Ihe anyị chọrọ bụ udo na nchekwa tupu echewa echịchị nwuli obodo."',
 'date': '2018-01-19T17:07:38Z',
 'description': "N'ihi oke ogbugbu ndị mmadụ na Naịjirịa gbagburu gburu, osota onyeisi ndị ome-iwu Naịjirịa bụ Ike Ekweremadu ekwuola na ihe Naịjiria chọrọ bụ nchekwa tara ọchịchị, tupu ekwuwa okwu ihe ọzọ.",
 'headline': 'Ekweremadu: Ike agwụla ndị ụlọ ome iwu',
 'source': 'https://www.bbc.com/igbo/42712250',
 'tags': [],
 'title': 'Ekweremadu: Ike agwụla ndị ụlọ ome iwu'}
```

### Data Fields

For config 'eze_goes_to_school':
  - format, title, chapters

For config 'bbc-igbo' :
  - source, title, description, date (Missing date values replaced with empty strings), headline, content, tags (Missing tags replaced with empty list)

For config 'igbo-radio':
  - source, headline, author, date, description, content

For config 'jw-ot-igbo':
  - format, title, chapters

For config 'jw-nt-igbo':
  - format, title, chapters

For config 'jw-books': 
  - title, content, format, date (Missing date values replaced with empty strings)

For config 'jw-teta': 
  -  title, content, format, date (Missing date values replaced with empty strings)

For config 'jw-ulo_nche': 
  - title, content, format, date (Missing date values replaced with empty strings)

For config 'jw-ulo_nche_naamu':
  - title, content, format, date (Missing date values replaced with empty strings)


### Data Splits
| bbc-igbo  | eze_goes_to_school |igbo-radio| jw-books|jw-nt-igbo| jw-ot-igbo | jw-teta |jw-ulo_nche |jw-ulo_nche_naamu
| ------------- |:-------------:|:-------------:|:-------------:|:-------------:|:-------------:|:-------------:|:-------------:|:-------------:|
|  1297     | 1     | 440   | 48     | 27     | 39 | 37 | 55 | 88

## Dataset Creation

### Curation Rationale

[More Information Needed]

### Source Data

#### Initial Data Collection and Normalization

[More Information Needed]

#### Who are the source language producers?

[More Information Needed]

### Annotations

#### Annotation process

[More Information Needed]

#### Who are the annotators?

[More Information Needed]

### Personal and Sensitive Information

[More Information Needed]

## Considerations for Using the Data

### Social Impact of Dataset

[More Information Needed]

### Discussion of Biases

[More Information Needed]

### Other Known Limitations

[More Information Needed]

## Additional Information

### Dataset Curators

[More Information Needed]

### Licensing Information

[More Information Needed]

### Citation Information

@misc{ezeani2020igboenglish,  
title={Igbo-English Machine Translation: An Evaluation Benchmark},  
author={Ignatius Ezeani and Paul Rayson and Ikechukwu Onyenwe and Chinedu Uchechukwu and Mark Hepple},  
year={2020},  
eprint={2004.00648},  
archivePrefix={arXiv},  
primaryClass={cs.CL}  
}