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masakhaner2

Chewa(nya)Texttoken-classificationEast Africa
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Dataset Info

Language
Chewa (nya)
Modality
Text
Domain
NLP (News)
Size
1K<n<10K n (samples)
Institution
masakhane
Last Updated
27 Oct 2026

License & Access

SPDX identifierafl-3.0

Restricted — review the source terms before use.

RedistributionRestricted

PII RISK

Unknown risk

Full Record

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iso code
nya
Dataset name
masakhaner2
Modality
Text
Type
dataset
Link
https://huggingface.co/datasets/masakhane/masakhaner2
NLP Task
token-classification
Domain
NLP (News)
Data Format
Not stated
Size Metric
n (samples)
Size Value
1K<n<10K n (samples)
License
afl-3.0
Open Access
Restricted
Source Repository
Hugging Face
Year Published
2022
Creator/Author(s)
masakhane
Funder/Partner
Masakhane
Dialect Coverage
Not stated
Gender Balance
Not stated
Speaker Count
Not stated
Annotation Type
HumanderivedHugging Face card: annotations_creators
Status
Not stated
Has Datasheet
YesderivedHugging Face card: README with a description of 300+ characters
PII Risk
Not stated
Consent Verified
Not stated
Verified By
Not stated
Date Indexed
2026-10-27
Notes / Flags
Not stated

Quality (DQI) (6/12)

Datasheet Fields Completed
Not stated
SPDX License ID
AFL-3.0
Redistribution Allowed?
Restricted
Content Hash
60512e89e68841b6b5ed1be59caf97b169f0d27aderivedHugging Face card: commit sha
Submitted By
hf_data pipeline (automated)
Fetch Date
2026-10-27
Last Updated Date
2023-09-11derivedHugging 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) (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%
Documentation85%
Recency100%

Representativeness

Gender Balance
Regional Distribution
Dialect Coverage
Inclusivity

Provenance

Source URL
https://huggingface.co/datasets/masakhane/masakhaner2
Fetch Timestamp
27 Oct 2026
Content Hash
60512e89e68841b6b5ed1be59caf97b169f0d27a

Audit Log

Record indexed from Hugging Face

27 Oct 2026

Source status: Unknown

27 Oct 2026

Other Copies

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masakhaner2

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