---
tags:
- myanmar
- burmese
- nlp
- asr
- spoken-language
language: my
license: cc-by-4.0
datasets:
- fineweb2
task_categories:
- text-classification
- text-generation
- summarization
pretty_name: my_spoken_corpus
size_categories:
- 10M<n<100M
---

# Myanmar Spoken Corpus (Version 1.0)

## Overview

`Myanmar Spoken Corpus` is a high-quality, open dataset of spoken Myanmar sentences designed to support NLP and ASR applications. The dataset focuses on providing clean and structured spoken language data for advancing Myanmar language technology.

## Dataset Statistics

- **Number of Rows**:
  - Local Parquet file: **16,020,011 rows**
  - Hugging Face Dataset Viewer: **15,728,640 rows**
- **File Size**: 1.78 GB (Parquet format)

### Notes:
- The difference in row counts is due to automatic processing by the Hugging Face platform, which may include deduplication or exclusion of invalid rows during dataset conversion.
- The original dataset with all rows can be downloaded directly from this repository.

## Key Features

- **16 Million Spoken Sentences**: Filtered and refined specifically for spoken Myanmar language.
- **Cleaned and Standardized**: Includes Unicode conversion, sentence segmentation, and deduplication.
- **Free and Open**: Released under a universal freedom license, suitable for commercial, academic, and personal use.

## License

This dataset is released under a **Universal Freedom License**. You can use, modify, and share it freely for any purpose. However, crediting the dataset and its sources is appreciated.

## Acknowledgments

This dataset is derived from publicly available sources, including:
- The **Hugging Face FineWeb2 dataset**, specifically its Myanmar subset.
- Original writers, speakers, and creators of the sentences.

The dataset has undergone significant manual and automated processing to create a distinct and valuable resource.

## Dataset Structure

The dataset is stored in a **Parquet** format for efficient storage and usage. It includes the following fields:
- `sentence_id`: A unique identifier for each sentence.
- `text`: The spoken sentence text in Unicode Myanmar.

## Disclaimer

This dataset may contain:
- **Offensive or sensitive content**: As it is derived from web-based sources.
- **Incomplete or noisy sentences**: Despite extensive cleaning, some issues may remain.

Users are encouraged to review and preprocess the dataset further if needed.

## Future Plans

This is the first version of the dataset. Future updates will include:
- Written Myanmar sentences to expand its use cases.
- Larger datasets with higher-quality content for universal Myanmar language applications.

## Usage Example

You can load the dataset using Python's pandas library:
```python
import pandas as pd

# Load the dataset
df = pd.read_parquet("my_spoken_corpus.parquet")

# Display the first few rows
print(df.head())