The dataset was created to support research on low-resource African languages by providing high-quality parallel text for machine translation, multilingual Natural Language Processing (NLP), language modeling, and linguistic research.

This project also aims to contribute to the digital preservation and accessibility of the Nuer (Thok Naath) language.

Languages

English (en)
Nuer / Thok Naath (nus)

Dataset Description

The dataset contains aligned sentence pairs that can be used for:

Machine Translation
Sentence Alignment
Parallel Corpus Research
Multilingual Language Models
Cross-lingual Representation Learning
Linguistic Analysis
Low-resource NLP

Each example consists of one English sentence and its corresponding Nuer translation.

Intended Uses

This dataset is intended for:

Academic research
Educational purposes
Machine Translation research
Large Language Model (LLM) research
Multilingual NLP
Cross-lingual learning
Benchmark evaluation
Language preservation

Not Intended For

This dataset may NOT be used for:

Commercial AI products
Commercial translation systems
Paid APIs
Proprietary language models
Commercial software or services
Selling or redistributing the dataset for profit
Any commercial purpose without prior written permission from the dataset author

Organizations or individuals wishing to use this dataset commercially must obtain a separate commercial license from the author.

License

This dataset is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0).

You are free to:

Share
Copy
Redistribute
Adapt
Modify

Under the following conditions:

Attribution must be given to the original author.
Commercial use is prohibited.
Any derivative works must be released under the same license.

License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/

Citation

If you use this dataset in academic research or publications, please cite:

@dataset{tajnaam2026english_nuer_sentence_pairs,
  author = {Tajnaam},
  title = {English–Nuer (Thok Naath) Sentence Pair Dataset},
  year = {2026},
  publisher = {Hugging Face},
  url = {https://huggingface.co/datasets/Tajnaam/English_Nuer-thok_naath_dataset_sentences_pair}
}

Attribution

Please acknowledge and cite this dataset in any research papers, theses, technical reports, or software that make use of it.

Ethical Considerations

This dataset is intended to support the preservation and technological advancement of the Nuer (Thok Naath) language. Users are encouraged to use the dataset responsibly and respectfully toward the Nuer-speaking community.

Disclaimer

This dataset is provided "as is" without any warranty. While care has been taken to ensure quality, the author makes no guarantees regarding completeness or accuracy and assumes no responsibility for misuse of the dataset.

Contact

For corrections, collaborations, questions, or commercial licensing inquiries, please contact the author through the Hugging Face repository.

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