BantuNomics· Verbs Enter the ecosystem
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One recording, six datasets.

A single consented Bantu→English code-switch verb take is not one labelled example. Its switch point is logged as switch_ms, so it self-segments with no manual annotation — and becomes the ground truth for six things frontier labs otherwise buy from six vendors.

One real consented take · Bemba · VT01
ukobolola
“means to bring a case”
Bantu · 0–4102msEnglish · 4102ms →
FSI: u·ko·bo·lo·la 9.18s · 48kHz switch_ms: 4102
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Code-switch ASR

Natural Bantu→English switching with the exact switch point pre-labelled — training + evaluation data for code-switch recognition and language ID.

02

Bantu-accented English

The English half, spoken by a native Bantu speaker — accent-robustness and fairness data for Bantu-accented speech.

03

FSI alignment target

The verb decomposes into its Full Syllable Inventory — the tone-bearing units a forced aligner needs.

04

Pronunciation & TTS

A consented native pronunciation keyed to meaning and its syllabary — a clean, tone-aware basis for synthesis.

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Self-grading benchmark

The segmentation is already structured, so the take grades a model against itself — no labelling vendor, no drift.

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Domain & homograph truth

The verb is anchored to a specific meaning (concept + VT cell) — the meaning flat text can't encode.

Live coverage
Verb recordings across the field — as of 2026-08-22 05:44 UTC
LanguageRecorded takesVerb types recordedCurated source rows
Luganda lug18631934
Bemba bem164614174
Tonga toi12111547
Lozi loz0052
Nyanja nya00519
Swahili swh00121

The corpus is early and climbing — infinitives first, then up the paradigm. The audio itself is licensed; get evaluation access.

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The recordings themselves

One consented Bantu→English take, shown two ways at once — the timed switch you hear (Bantu, then Bantu-accented English at switch_ms) and the exact record a model ingests. Tab between the code-switch takes and the Bantu-only takes.

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▸ Record schema — the exact fields the API returns (public)

Never present in any record: — speaker identity & storage paths are stripped.

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