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AfroLingu-MT - Kanuri Translation Corpus

Kanuri(kau)TextMTWest Africa
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Dataset Info

Language
Kanuri (kau)
Modality
Text
Domain
General
Size
100K<n<1M
Institution
UBC-NLP
Last Updated
3 Jun 2026

License & Access

SPDX identifierUnknown

License unknown — use with caution until an SPDX identifier is confirmed.

RedistributionAllowed

PII RISK

Low risk

Full Record

29 of 46 fields stated

Every column the registry tracks. Values marked derivedwere filled by a rule or read from the source's text rather than stated in its metadata; the rule or the quoted sentence is shown under the value.

Registry columns (23/27)

iso code
kau
Dataset name
AfroLingu-MT - Kanuri Translation Corpus
Modality
Text
Type
dataset
Link
https://huggingface.co/datasets/UBC-NLP/AfroLingu-MT
NLP Task
MT
Domain
General
Data Format
json
Size Metric
n (samples)
Size Value
100K<n<1MderivedHugging Face card: size_categories
License
Not stated
Open Access
Open
Source Repository
Hugging Face
Year Published
2024
Creator/Author(s)
UBC-NLP
Funder/Partner
Other
Dialect Coverage
Standard
Gender Balance
Not stated
Speaker Count
Not stated
Annotation Type
Human
Status
Active
Has Datasheet
Yes
PII Risk
Low
Consent Verified
Not stated
Verified By
Gideon George
Date Indexed
2026-06-03
Notes / Flags
Dataset card explicitly maps kau to Kanuri; language-specific example count not stated in the retrieved source.

Quality (DQI) (4/12)

Datasheet Fields Completed
Not stated
SPDX License ID
Not stated
Redistribution Allowed?
Not stated
Content Hash
6fdbf9eada3cbb515b0a6022c2fd5443416b3478derivedHugging Face card: commit sha
Submitted By
hf_data pipeline (automated)
Fetch Date
2026-06-03
Last Updated Date
2025-01-21derivedHugging Face card: lastModified
Annotation Guidelines Available?
Not stated
IAA Score
Not stated
Cleaning Notes
Not stated
Benchmark Exists?
Not stated
Benchmark Citation
Not stated

Representativeness (DRI) (2/7)

Gender Distribution
Not stated
Region Coverage
Congo
Region Distribution
Not stated
Age Range Coverage
Not stated
Register
Not stated
Marginalized Group Note
Not stated
Demographic Fields Reported Count
1

Readiness Score Breakdown

5/5
Data Coverage99%
Model Availability100%
Benchmarks100%
Documentation83%
Recency100%

Representativeness

Gender Balance
Regional Distribution
Dialect Coverage
Inclusivity

Provenance

Source URL
https://huggingface.co/datasets/UBC-NLP/AfroLingu-MT
Fetch Timestamp
3 Jun 2026
Content Hash
6fdbf9eada3cbb515b0a6022c2fd5443416b3478

Audit Log

Record indexed from Hugging Face

3 Jun 2026

Source status: Active

3 Jun 2026

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