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Masakhaner 2.0

Swahili(swa)TextNEREast Africa
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Dataset Info

Language
Swahili (swa)
Modality
Text
Domain
General
Size
—
Institution
GitHub
Last Updated
26 May 2026

License & Access

SPDX identifierCC-BY

Open — attribution required; commercial use allowed.

RedistributionYes

PII RISK

Unknown risk

Full Record

21 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 (17/27)

iso code
swa
Dataset name
Masakhaner 2.0
Modality
Text
Type
dataset
Link
https://github.com/masakhane-io/masakhane-ner/tree/main/MasakhaNER2.0/data
NLP Task
NER
Domain
General
Data Format
Not stated
Size Metric
Not stated
Size Value
Not stated
License
CC-BY
Open Access
Open
Source Repository
GitHub
Year Published
Not stated
Creator/Author(s)
Not stated
Funder/Partner
Masakhane
Dialect Coverage
Standard
Gender Balance
Not stated
Speaker Count
Not stated
Annotation Type
Not stated
Status
Active
Has Datasheet
No
PII Risk
Not stated
Consent Verified
Not stated
Verified By
Lanfrica Pipeline
Date Indexed
2026-05-26
Notes / Flags
Parsed from Lanfrica name: masakhaner-2-0. Raw license: CC-BY-4.0-NC.

Quality (DQI) (3/12)

Datasheet Fields Completed
Not stated
SPDX License ID
Not stated
Redistribution Allowed?
Yes
Content Hash
Not stated
Submitted By
LanAfrica pipeline (automated)
Fetch Date
2026-05-26
Last Updated Date
Not stated
Annotation Guidelines Available?
Not stated
IAA Score
Not stated
Cleaning Notes
Not stated
Benchmark Exists?
Not stated
Benchmark Citation
Not stated

Representativeness (DRI) (1/7)

Gender Distribution
Not stated
Region Coverage
Not stated
Region Distribution
Not stated
Age Range Coverage
Not stated
Register
Not stated
Marginalized Group Note
Not stated
Demographic Fields Reported Count
0

Readiness Score Breakdown

5/5
Data Coverage100%
Model Availability100%
Benchmarks100%
Documentation79%
Recency100%

Representativeness

Gender Balance
Regional Distribution
Dialect Coverage
Inclusivity

Provenance

Source URL
https://github.com/masakhane-io/masakhane-ner/tree/main/MasakhaNER2.0/data
Fetch Timestamp
26 May 2026
Content Hash
—

Audit Log

Record indexed from GitHub

26 May 2026

Source status: Active

26 May 2026

Other Copies

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dataset

Masakhaner

Parsed from Lanfrica name: masakhaner. Raw license: CC-BY-4.0-NC.

25 languages4 copiesSwahili(swa)TextNER
GIGitHub
Open26 May 2026

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Open26 May 2026
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Parsed from Lanfrica name: masakhaner. Raw license: CC-BY-4.0-NC.

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Open26 May 2026
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Parsed from Lanfrica name: masakhaner. Raw license: CC-BY-4.0-NC.

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Masakhaner

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