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+---
+language:
+  - sw
+  - luo
+  - bxk
+  - lri
+  - rag
+license: cc-by-4.0
+task_categories:
+  - automatic-speech-recognition
+tags:
+  - swahili
+  - kiswahili
+  - dholuo
+  - lubukusu
+  - lumarachi
+  - lulogooli
+  - kenyan-languages
+  - low-resource-languages
+  - african-languages
+  - speech-corpus
+  - spontaneous-speech
+pretty_name: KenCorpus Audio
+size_categories:
+  - n<1K
+---
+
+# KenCorpus Audio: A Kenyan Multilingual Spontaneous Speech Corpus
+
+## Dataset Description
+
+**KenCorpus Audio** is a multilingual spontaneous speech corpus for Kenyan languages. The recordings capture natural, unscripted speech from native speakers in their communities across diverse topics including culture, agriculture, commerce, health, and daily life.
+
+Three languages were selected: **Kiswahili**, **Luhya** (dialects: Lumarachi, Logooli, Lubukusu), and **Dholuo**.
+
+## Dataset Statistics
+
+| Language | Files | Duration |
+|----------|-------|----------|
+| Dholuo | 512 | 99h 3m 8s |
+| Lubukusu | 354 | 30h 11m |
+| Swahili | 104 | 19h 10m 57s |
+| Lumarachi | 138 | 15h 37m 46s |
+| Logooli | 44 | 12h 26m 55s |
+| **Total** | **1,152** | **176h 29m 46s** |
+
+## Data Fields
+
+| Column | Type | Description |
+|--------|------|-------------|
+| audio | Audio | Embedded audio waveform (decoded on load) |
+| language | string | Language (Swahili, Dholuo, Lubukusu, Lumarachi, Logooli, Luhya_Bukusu, etc.) |
+| genre | string | Genre (Culture, Agriculture, Commerce, Health, etc.) |
+| source | string | Data source (Community, etc.) |
+| title | string | Topic/title of the recording |
+| story_id | string | Unique identifier matching the KenCorpus metadata |
+| duration_seconds | int | Duration in seconds (from metadata) |
+
+### Example Record
+
+```python
+{
+    'audio': {'path': '0001_swa.aac', 'array': array([...]), 'sampling_rate': 44100},
+    'language': 'Swahili',
+    'genre': 'Culture',
+    'source': 'Community',
+    'title': 'Masharti ya ndoa',
+    'story_id': '1',
+    'duration_seconds': 1303
+}
+```
+
+---
+
+## Usage
+
+```python
+from datasets import load_dataset
+
+# Load the dataset
+dataset = load_dataset("Kencorpus/KenCorpus_audio")
+
+# Access a sample
+sample = dataset['train'][0]
+print(sample['language'])
+print(sample['title'])
+print(sample['audio']['sampling_rate'])
+print(sample['audio']['array'][:10])
+
+# Filter by language
+dholuo = dataset['train'].filter(lambda x: x['language'] == 'Dholuo')
+print(f"Dholuo recordings: {len(dholuo)}")
+```
+
+---
+
+## Genres
+
+Culture, Agriculture, Commerce, Health, Religion, News, Song, Story, and more.
+
+---
+
+## Data Collection
+
+Spontaneous speech recordings were collected from native speakers in their respective language communities. Recordings capture natural, unscripted conversations and narratives.
+
+## Dataset Curators
+
+**Kiswahili:** Rose Felynix, Khalid Kitito, Dr. Benard Okal
+**Dholuo:** Jotham Ondu Ajiki, Dr. Jackline Okello, Jonathan Muga, Mercy Lavinca Oduoll
+**Luhya (Logooli):** Salano Odari, Dr. Phillip Lumwamu
+**Luhya (Bukusu):** Mactilda Nekesa Makana, Mulwale Martin
+**Luhya (Marachi):** Yonah Weunda
+
+---
+
+## Citation
+
+```bibtex
+@article{wanjawa2022kencorpus,
+  title={Kencorpus: A Kenyan Language Corpus of Swahili, Dholuo and Luhya for Natural Language Processing Tasks},
+  author={Wanjawa, Barack W. and Wanzare, Lilian D. and Indede, Florence and McOnyango, Owen and Ombui, Edward and Muchemi, Lawrence},
+  journal={arXiv preprint arXiv:2208.12081},
+  year={2022}
+}
+```
+
+---
+
+## Links
+
+- **Research Paper**: https://arxiv.org/abs/2208.12081
+- **Dataverse**: https://dataverse.harvard.edu/dataset.xhtml?persistentId=doi:10.7910/DVN/KLCKL5
+
+## License
+
+**CC-BY-4.0**
+
+## Acknowledgments
+
+Part of the **Kencorpus** project for low-resource Kenyan language NLP resources.