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SALT Dataset - Lugbara (Text)

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Dataset Info

Language
Lugbara (lgg)
Modality
Text
Domain
General/Health/Agriculture/Society
Size
25000
Institution
Akera, Benjamin et al. (Sunbird AI / Makerere University AI Lab)
Last Updated
5 Jun 2026

License & Access

SPDX identifierCC-BY-4.0

Open — attribution required; commercial use allowed.

RedistributionYes

PII RISK

Low risk

Full Record

31 of 46 fields stated

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Registry columns (25/27)

iso code
lgg
Dataset name
SALT Dataset - Lugbara (Text)
Modality
Text
Type
dataset
Link
https://huggingface.co/datasets/Sunbird/salt
NLP Task
MT
Domain
General/Health/Agriculture/Society
Data Format
parquetderivedHugging Face card: file formats
Size Metric
Sentences
Size Value
25000
License
CC-BY-4.0
Open Access
Open
Source Repository
Hugging Face
Year Published
2022
Creator/Author(s)
Akera, Benjamin et al. (Sunbird AI / Makerere University AI Lab)
Funder/Partner
Sunbird AI, Makerere University AI Lab
Dialect Coverage
Standard (multiple dialects)
Gender Balance
Not stated
Speaker Count
Not stated
Annotation Type
Human
Status
Active
Has Datasheet
Yes
PII Risk
Low
Consent Verified
Yes
Verified By
Emmanuel
Date Indexed
2026-06-05
Notes / Flags
SALT (Sunbird AI Language Translation): 25,000 multi-way parallel sentences in Lugbara, Luganda, Acholi, Runyankole, Ateso and English. Covers health, agricultu…

Quality (DQI) (5/12)

Datasheet Fields Completed
Not stated
SPDX License ID
CC-BY-4.0
Redistribution Allowed?
Yes
Content Hash
a0ffb52b49cdf7bf69149e5d418655313ffc41f4derivedHugging Face card: commit sha
Submitted By
Not stated
Fetch Date
2026-06-05
Last Updated Date
2025-05-06derivedHugging 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 Coverage94%
Model Availability100%
Benchmarks100%
Documentation77%
Recency100%

Representativeness

Gender Balance
Regional Distribution
Dialect Coverage
Inclusivity

Provenance

Source URL
https://huggingface.co/datasets/Sunbird/salt
Fetch Timestamp
5 Jun 2026
Content Hash
a0ffb52b49cdf7bf69149e5d418655313ffc41f4

Audit Log

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5 Jun 2026

Source status: Active

5 Jun 2026

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