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di match wey go hold for lagos university teaching hospital wey everibodi dey call luth for lagos nigeria	200905-113758_pcm_621_elicit_0
na im e turn to sometin wey fit cause cancer	200820-142033_pcm_4a9_elicit_149
di pipo wey deh borrow moni don be completely down for some dey burn dia business some	200828-210431_pcm_779_elicit_56
but sabi pipo say dem no need wait for 18	200928-181336_pcm_c97_elicit_61
lanre tejuosho senator representing ogun central been dey di meetin too	200821-085557_pcm_4a9_elicit_366
check weda dem qualify to get license from nhis to practise	200831-223347_pcm_6c2_elicit_13
persela coach aji santoso con tell everibodi afta match say huda no survive	200828-210431_pcm_779_elicit_46
wande tok say make temitope stop to dey lie to make him look bad for di only reason why hin never sue	200925-221252_pcm_c97_elicit_52
mnangagwa con assure mugabe say hin with hin family dey safe for di country	200905-233721_pcm_5aa_elicit_29
di president tok say hin don direct security services to dey put tight security around all schools	200830-200005_pcm_621_elicit_20
mourinho show working for porto for 2002 porto appoint choosen mourinho as coach when he be 39 years	200831-080620_pcm_e8b_elicit_41
on wednesday morning mr	200903-114339_pcm_031_elicit_40
guardiola be yarn say di club dey folo di three or four players yarn	200914-112707_pcm_621_elicit_73
one year so dem suppose try for her dem no gree	200831-221918_pcm_6c2_elicit_67
oil dey flow comot dem born am for november 7 1918 and hin die today february 21 2018	200905-120029_pcm_621_elicit_26
middleman or insurer between dia clients enrolees and hospitals health providers	200831-221918_pcm_6c2_elicit_74
female genital mutilation fgm na any procedure wey involve to wound or change woman private area for non medical reasons	200928-114618_pcm_c97_elicit_75
di man wife die for 2007 afta 64 years of marriage	200905-120029_pcm_621_elicit_27
north west nigeria vincent ogbodo tok say as abubakar run go pdp dis dey show say apc power go reduce well well becos di former deputy govnor na pesin wey get pipo	200821-062016_pcm_4a9_elicit_16
di amendment mean say museveni fit become life president	200905-105155_pcm_6c2_elicit_13
him daughters dey two emma and grace and dem little brother wey timaya second baby mama born for am	200928-105729_pcm_c97_elicit_34
dey singer don dey look for anoda way wia money go	200905-220152_pcm_031_elicit_65
see why hin con tok say hin go dey show his cars soon	200905-112542_pcm_6c2_elicit_58
lions coach don get e baptism for fire with 1 1 draw with comoros	200906-223603_pcm_031_elicit_52
if you remember well chelsea win 17 out of 19 games for	200903-141202_pcm_031_elicit_2
dis water palava na wetin wey	200813-163347_pcm_4a9_elicit_91
hin even tok say hin mama pay temitope fees for di fashion school	200925-221252_pcm_c97_elicit_48
make we dey see world health organisation who don warn say air pollution fit begin kill more pipo for ghana as pollution and moto car dey increase for di country	200816-150338_pcm_4a9_elicit_69
wey act as jon snow	200908-141329_pcm_031_elicit_39
oshiomole say e reach like over 77 pipo wey dey hustle for di party governorship tickets all over di country and dem	200905-220152_pcm_031_elicit_20
na him dremo dash her reply too	200820-142033_pcm_4a9_elicit_296
femi otedola neva collect form to be lagos state govnor jide sanwo-olu who be di man wey wan pursue ambode for 2019 e	200928-105729_pcm_c97_elicit_47
for road before trailer go spoil hin car finish na so dem begin dey shoot at hin car so tey hin front tyre	200829-061533_pcm_779_elicit_12
him tok say but e no go stop am make him dey tok truth to dey epp pipo wey no get mouth but way govment dey do anyhow	200820-142033_pcm_4a9_elicit_298
congratulations senegal afta dia almighty reunion togeda with di rest of mo hits gang	200928-115658_pcm_c97_elicit_28
di magistrate jimoh adefioye grant bail of 20000 naira for di accused and a surety in like sum	200828-172634_pcm_779_elicit_25
government of nigeria go disobey court orders 9	200905-233721_pcm_5aa_elicit_46
most pipo answer back with professor who for 2017 wen presido muhammadu buhari sick and waka comot go london for medical treatment him drop do key of nigeria with osinbajo	200816-213124_pcm_4a9_elicit_101
igbo leaders carry leg go zaria go meet professor ango abdullahi wey support day make igbo leave north	200816-150338_pcm_4a9_elicit_25
also dey kill security agent for mbonge health unit for southwest region	200905-105447_pcm_6c2_elicit_68
e no good igbo leaders carry leg go zaria go meet professor ango abdullahi wey support day make igbo leave north	200828-210431_pcm_779_elicit_41
make i also warn against those elements wey don chose to	200830-200005_pcm_621_elicit_23
govnor for anambra state but dem com do primary arrangement wey him lose	200906-223603_pcm_031_elicit_33
e say e try ask police public relation officer chike oti if him	200905-110542_pcm_6c2_elicit_72
particular di i pass my neighbour type na him dim catch con parade am naked around sapele delta state on sunday may fourth	200821-153813_pcm_a60_elicit_49
dem rush am go hospital so we no know if hin survive or not but dat fall na die	200914-112707_pcm_621_elicit_60
dem happy well well and dem think say di world don end	200816-150338_pcm_4a9_elicit_5
nigeria postal service nipost don inaugurate two new products cargo haulage service and e commerce	200928-180228_pcm_ea3_elicit_40
dem cari dia demand give di chiefs for dia land as tradition demand	200816-150338_pcm_4a9_elicit_143
emmanuel butches nwosu don declare say him and him pipo don call diasef fresh pdp	200831-223347_pcm_6c2_elicit_33
oga vp say thief na thief weda na muslim or christian thief am say all na thief and	200828-210431_pcm_779_elicit_40
hin be flog 10th seed alexander zverev of germany to teach him dis quarter final stage	200928-104650_pcm_c97_elicit_45
di 2 2 draw wey manchester city get give dem chance to move go knockout stage and pep guardiola side go cari first for di	200813-163347_pcm_4a9_elicit_9
everi pikin like to hear beta word from dia parent	200928-183302_pcm_c97_elicit_76
ibrahim hassan dankwambo gombe senator dr	200928-181336_pcm_c97_elicit_49
dis rescheduling of election hapun three different times for 2017 january march and december but all of dem get k leg for di kain violence wey hapun	200816-150338_pcm_4a9_elicit_132
under di platform of di all progressive congress apc honorable johnson oghuma	200813-163347_pcm_4a9_elicit_103
di pipo democratic party govnorship candidate for kwara state north central nigeria dey face accuse say im no do nysc and di certificate wey im get na fake	200820-142033_pcm_4a9_elicit_93
e shock you too abi e say make person no	200821-153813_pcm_a60_elicit_46
you fit read twitter pipo don catch one scammer wey be pablo ayodeji see di full tori here na so oritsefemi vex tok	200905-105447_pcm_6c2_elicit_59
sani stand say hin dey support of any effort wey go restore peace	200928-110545_pcm_c97_elicit_32
di report tok say terrorists deaths don reduce for 2018 against 2014	200905-104442_pcm_6c2_elicit_58
di producers don give fans small clip of di season to hold belle	200908-141329_pcm_031_elicit_46
for di free school plus weda di students wey go join go fit reduce di quality of education for di country	200903-114339_pcm_031_elicit_61
chelsea coach antonio conte just dey vex as e never win any match dis new football year starting from pre season	200903-141202_pcm_031_elicit_1
but since dat time for june 2017 tins don change di numba of politicians wey wan cari pdp flag as presidential nominee don reach 10 pipo	200820-142033_pcm_4a9_elicit_249
pdp publicity secretary for kano alhaji musa dan birni tell bbc pidgin say	200821-062016_pcm_4a9_elicit_24
e no too tey wey burnley wire dem 3 hot goals before half time	200903-134121_pcm_031_elicit_36
him begin to thank god as e no hapun say na	200831-082049_pcm_e8b_elicit_7
dem always dey look happy wen dem dey togeda	200905-120029_pcm_621_elicit_56
nigeria president muhammadu buhari collect loan of 328 million from china to take improve di west african country telecommunication and it infrastructure	200816-150338_pcm_4a9_elicit_105
i dey happy for here my family too	200905-103623_pcm_6c2_elicit_22
dem go give wenger di title of knight grand commander of di human order of african	200905-120029_pcm_621_elicit_69
but wen di product land nema no distribute am to di pipo wey need am but nema oga say dat one na fat lie we receive di	200828-172634_pcm_779_elicit_3
dem discover say plenti things dey cause loneliness for men	200908-120301_pcm_031_elicit_13
lecture sanusi tok say hin children dey more radical than him	200905-220152_pcm_031_elicit_51
emmerson mnangagwa don become zimbabwe president today and everibodi wey dey	200905-233721_pcm_5aa_elicit_18
na about 119 studies dem do with around 12 million women wey dem take com tok say red wine no good and e	200928-105729_pcm_c97_elicit_30
kashamu na oga senator wey dey epp ogun east sidon for seat nigeria female artist simi don collect plenti	200906-223603_pcm_031_elicit_37
dis na becos di wound still dey open and bugs fit enta am	200830-200005_pcm_621_elicit_29
i no wan say yes i go sign new contract and den for di end i no com sign hazard bin tell tori pipo guardian uk	200813-163347_pcm_4a9_elicit_53
april 2017 dana air flight from lagos to ph return to lagos on top bird	200928-182114_pcm_c97_elicit_68
we dey angry and na dey make us dey shoot na dem dey make us na dem dey take us again to anoda place we spend	200928-110545_pcm_c97_elicit_22
e don reach 58 years since britain wey bin dey colonize di	200928-103409_pcm_c97_elicit_37
helicopter plus including wen im dey fly helicopter for tori pipo channel 4 and virgin radio traffic	200902-105531_pcm_031_elicit_60
who be dis jide sanwo-olu jide sanwo-olu wey dey im early	200905-145632_pcm_031_elicit_50
according to wiseman pipo wey dey lucky dey do four tins pesin wey say	200928-180228_pcm_ea3_elicit_13
she say wen i no get work for market to do i	200828-182441_pcm_779_elicit_59
di former apc caretaker chairman for oriade local government area of osun state dem	200905-120029_pcm_621_elicit_34
fayose na di first pesin wey tok say im go contest 2019 presidential election	200820-142033_pcm_4a9_elicit_247
dem catch am when him carry 250 million go cut grass	200928-105729_pcm_c97_elicit_20
fg go use police dey find ekiti state govnor 8	200905-233721_pcm_5aa_elicit_45
for di game wey end 1 1 she give one person yellow	200915-111419_pcm_5aa_elicit_15
e no tey before akin eye clear say na chicken change him friend dey dash am with all di kain money him dey make from di scam	200821-085557_pcm_4a9_elicit_70
im recognise joy as im neighbour girlfriend wey be friend to im house girl com	200903-114339_pcm_031_elicit_13
i know medical doctors wey be mcees	200928-103409_pcm_c97_elicit_72
tori say dem don rescue seven young women between di ages of 22 to 26 wey dem force enta prostitution inside tarkwa wey be mining town for southern	200828-182441_pcm_779_elicit_12
perforated ear drum hole wey fit dey inside ear drum 25 per cent of injuries 3	200928-115509_pcm_621_elicit_67
air conditioning units wey dey for im office and dis na why e dey work from home for now shehu tok am	200902-105531_pcm_031_elicit_72
according to china ministry of civil affairs modern weddings too dey	200910-062636_pcm_031_elicit_70

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Language: - Nigerian Pidgin English (West African Pidgin variant)

Dataset Description

Dataset Summary The Nigerian Pidgin ASR dataset (v1.0) is the first publicly released speech-to-text corpus for Nigerian Pidgin English, a widely spoken lingua franca across Nigeria and West Africa. This dataset comprises over 3,000 audio recordings paired with sentence-level transcriptions, recorded by native speakers across different genders and age groups. It is tailored for speech-related tasks.

The goal of this project is to address the resource gap in West African low-resource languages and foster research in ASR for Nigerian Pidgin.

Dataset Details

The dataset focuses on speech recordings of Nigerian Pidgin English. Each entry consists of a sentence-length utterance (8–14 words on average) and its transcription. While originally designed for ASR, the transcriptions and linguistic content could make the dataset suited for tasks such as TTS, entity extraction, and topic modeling.

Supported Tasks

Automatic Speech Recognition (ASR): Train and evaluate ASR models on Nigerian Pidgin.
Text-to-Speech (TTS): Build speech synthesis models from transcriptions.
Topic Modeling: Discover themes and topics prevalent in everyday Nigerian Pidgin discourse.

Funding information

Funding was not required during this data collection process. The LIG-Aikuma app used for data collection was free and the recording was done voluntarily. All volunteers were collectively acknowledged in our paper. In the future, when scaling to a larger data collection process, some funding would be helpful.

Dataset Composition

What are the instances?

Each instance in the dataset consists of:

An audio recording (WAV, 16kHz)
A corresponding sentence-level transcription
A unique audio ID

What experiments were initially run on this dataset?

The dataset has been used to train end-to-end speech recognition models such as QuartzNet using NVIDIA NeMo, Wav2Vec base 100H and Wav2Vec-XLSR53. Information on the model weights and WER can be found here: link to model repo

Data Collection Process

How was the data collected?

Textual Corpus: We leverage a text-to-text parallel corpus crawled by * as a base for our speech recordings. The initial total crawled data consist of 56,695 sentences and 32,925 distinct words, covering topics ranging from sports, politics, and entertainment to everyday life. From this, we selected 4288 utterances for recording speech data, with each utterance averaging between 8 to 14 words.
Speech Recording: We carried out the task of recording our own speech corpus using the selected crawled instances from above. Recording was done using the LigAikuma Android app to record utterances in quiet settings. The demographic of this speech recordings consists of 10 native speakers (ages 20–28; 5 Male/5 Female).The total size of the collected speech recordings after data quality filtering is 4277, which were subsequently partitioned into training, validation, and testing sets. The composition of the final speech dataset is shown below:

Are there any known errors, sources of noise, or redundancies in the data?

Occasional background sounds (doors, table slams), speaker hesitations, and laughter appear in some recordings; these are not reflected in transcripts.

Data Preprocessing

What preprocessing/cleaning was done?

Removal of empty or unintelligible audio clips
Standardization of all audio files to 16kHz
Trimming of recordings to <30s limit
Standard text preprocessing on transcripts

Dataset Distribution

How is the dataset distributed? The dataset is freely available for use and reproduction. Proper citation of the authors is required (see citation).
When will the dataset be released/first distributed? The dataset has been released publicly from date 18th July, 2025 and is now accessible via this repository.

Dataset Maintenance

Who is supporting/hosting/maintaining the dataset?

The dataset is maintained by the original authors and contributors of the Nigerian Pidgin Project.

How does one contact the owner/curator/manager of the dataset?

Via the GitHub issues page or Hugging Face discussion forums associated with the project.

Will the dataset be updated?

Yes, updates may be released in the future.

How often and by whom?

The dataset will be updated by the project team should new data be curated or corrections made.

How will updates/revisions be documented and communicated?

Updates will be documented via GitHub, using version tags and communicated on the main huggingface repository.

Is there a repository to link to any/all papers/systems that use this dataset?

Yes, a GitHub repository will track publications and systems using this dataset.

If others want to extend/augment/build on this dataset, is there a mechanism for them to do so?

Yes, contributions are encouraged via GitHub. Quality will be assessed through pull requests, and accepted contributions will be communicated to users via version tags and release notes.

Citation

@misc{rufai2025endtoendtrainingautomaticspeech, title={Towards End-to-End Training of Automatic Speech Recognition for Nigerian Pidgin}, author={Amina Mardiyyah Rufai and Afolabi Abeeb and Esther Oduntan and Tayo Arulogun and Oluwabukola Adegboro and Daniel Ajisafe}, year={2025}, eprint={2010.11123}, archivePrefix={arXiv}, primaryClass={eess.AS}, url={https://arxiv.org/abs/2010.11123}, }

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