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NCHLT Afrikaans Speech Corpus

Afrikaans(afr)SpeechASRSouthern Africa
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Dataset Info

Language
Afrikaans (afr)
Modality
Speech
Domain
General
Size
56 hrs
Institution
Martin Puttkammer et al. — CTexT, North-West University
Last Updated
11 May 2026

License & Access

SPDX identifierCC-BY

Open — attribution required; commercial use allowed.

RedistributionYes

PII RISK

Low risk

Full Record

26 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
afr
Dataset name
NCHLT Afrikaans Speech Corpus
Modality
Speech
Type
dataset
Link
https://repo.sadilar.org/items/2bf723bc-7420-439e-a55d-833e10b0c776
NLP Task
ASR
Domain
General
Data Format
Not stated
Size Metric
Hours
Size Value
56 hrs
License
CC-BY
Open Access
Open
Source Repository
SADiLaR / Institutional
Year Published
2014
Creator/Author(s)
Martin Puttkammer et al. — CTexT, North-West University
Funder/Partner
SADiLaR / Dept of Arts & Culture
Dialect Coverage
Standard
Gender Balance
Not stated
Speaker Count
200
Annotation Type
Human
Status
Archived
Has Datasheet
No
PII Risk
Low
Consent Verified
Not stated
Verified By
Not stated
Date Indexed
2026-05-11
Notes / Flags
Part of NCHLT project covering 11 SA languages

Quality (DQI) (2/12)

Datasheet Fields Completed
Not stated
SPDX License ID
Not stated
Redistribution Allowed?
Yes
Content Hash
Not stated
Submitted By
Not stated
Fetch Date
2026-05-11
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%
Documentation80%
Recency100%

Representativeness

Gender Balance
Regional Distribution
Dialect Coverage
Inclusivity

Provenance

Source URL
https://repo.sadilar.org/items/2bf723bc-7420-439e-a55d-833e10b0c776
Fetch Timestamp
11 May 2026
Content Hash
—

Audit Log

Record indexed from SADiLaR / Institutional

11 May 2026

Source status: Archived

11 May 2026

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