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ef702c07-0c2a-426c-a6ba-07f4697f62ab	female	Swahili	Kenya - Mombasa	30	{relaxed}	Swahili	free_speech	Na penda kusoma vitabu viasayansi na teknologia Maana vitabu viasayansi vina mamu mengi Ambayo waziku ya jua Hadi uli sume Na ni mamu ya ajabu Na ni mamu ya kupendeza Na ni mamu ambayo ungetaka kujua zaili Na penda sana Vitabu viasayansi sana	# Unapenda kusoma vitabu vya aina gani?
043f4276-4ca4-4620-a52f-587774db3cee	female	Swahili	Kenya - Mombasa	34	{relaxed}	Swahili	free_speech	Mi sana sana napenda kuva suruwali. Mana suruwali ina nisaidi ya wakati wa baridi. Napia suruwali ina ikosawa kwa muli angu. Mana sihi taji kuteseka wakati na potembea ama na pofanya nini. Suruwali unifaa sana. Napia sipendi nguza zenyesi za kotoni. Wana tumia tu nguza kotoni.	# Unapenda kuvaa nguo za aina gani?
8e865463-ffe9-46fe-94ae-6918e2cb118d	female	Swahili	Kenya - Mombasa	27	{relaxed}	Swahili	free_speech	Nikiwa na mgogoro na mtu hua na tuliza kwanza akili na fikiria koumakini sita rukia maneno wala sita mukwaza ili nizuie vita na mgogoro wendelye kukwa mbae Na pena amani, nikiona kama mgogoro na taka kwanza, minatulia na natetia haki	# Unafanya nini wakati wa mgogoro na mtu?
932d2bb3-e81f-4019-85b7-55c13cba41a2	female	Swahili	Kenya - Mombasa	28	{excited,relaxed}	Swahili	free_speech	Ndoto yangu kwa ugbuwa ni kwa daktari, daktari wa saratani ili niweze kuwasaidia wa gonjo wa saratani Mana saratani mendea nchi ni kote, dunia ni kote, na huwa ina uwa watu wengi sana Ningipenda kwa daktari wa saratani ili niweze kujaribu kusaidia wa gonjo wa saratani, pale niweza avyo	# Ndoto yako kubwa ni nini?
7c5a4516-81f5-415d-90fc-7c90b6077087	female	Swahili	Kenya - Mombasa	22	{relaxed}	Swahili	free_speech	Nikiwa utotoni nilikuwa na penda kuendesha biskeli, kuchezha mchezo mbalimbali Nakuwa na katuni, mkwa na ipenda sana katuni ya Spongebob sana Nilikuwa na iyona kila siku kila siku Nilikuwa fanu wa katuni na kuendesha biskeli	# Ulikuwa unapenda kufanya nini utotoni?
2c397319-b049-48fb-8460-dba9f04cbcae	female	Swahili	Kenya - Mombasa	23	{relaxed,focused}	Swahili	free_speech	Minapenda ugali, minala ugali kushinawali. Kumana ugali, ni chakula kilicho nangubu sana, naki naleta nangubu mulini na huwa haileti inja araka. Ukila ugali, una shiba kwa muda mrefu na nitamu. Ukila kwanza kwa nyama, nitamu sana.	# Unapenda kula wali au ugali?
368167e3-9681-4c87-9ef6-5c9ac8ec6d86	female	Swahili	Kenya - Mombasa	25	{relaxed}	Swahili	free_speech	Ndiyo, na penda kuenda pwani sana, umbaso ni raha, pwani ni raha, bahari, ina majin zuri, harufu nzuri, upepo, na mandari mazuri ya pwani, ina fanya ni pende sana kuenda pwani, na madafu pia, madafu tamu sana.	# Je, unapenda kwenda pwani?
d0bd7ff0-b21f-4e70-b223-fda1a282c835	female	Swahili	Kenya - Mombasa	22	{relaxed,focused}	Swahili	free_speech	Na penda juisi ya matunda ya chungwa Chungwa na lipeida kwa manali na latha tamu Na latha ambayo hai na sukari nyingi Sukari ya kikotusawa Na nita mubora iwe chungwa Amalu ilimeiwa vizuri Na rangi ya kia chungwa ninzuri	# Juisi gani ya matunda unayoipenda?
e7f90057-14b5-4ef9-94dd-5cfa5db7fe02	female	Swahili	Kenya - Mombasa	32	{relaxed,focused}	Swahili	free_speech	Habari mtandaoni. Gazeti hamu na squeeze ili pito na wakati. Ningumu pate mchwa kiyuza gazeti, ilhali habari yote inawe kwa mtandaoni. Nani zahisi sana kuwona mtandaoni kuliko gazeti. Gazeti utoke kwa nyumba utafute, ilhali mtandaoni ni data too hau wifi alafu unona maninoyako.	# Unapendelea kusoma gazeti au habari mtandaoni?
aa76a3d9-e5e8-4a09-a22f-73d0565c3d88	female	Swahili	Tanzania - Dar es Salaam	32	{relaxed}	Swahili	free_speech	program ni nazu tumia mara nyingi ni kama WhatsApp na Telegram kuandika ujumbe majibu ya biyashala pia na tumia program ya S-gram kusoma ujumbe balimbali na bali zinazo ndelea katika ulimwingu mzima program nyingi ni email kuandika baluwa pepe	# Unatumia programu zipi mara nyingi?
2d398237-34ba-4a52-a630-cb8156880250	male	Swahili	Kenya - Nairobi Sheng-influenced	21	{happy}	Swahili	free_speech	Wikendi kwa sana, mi wupenda kuenda kubarizi karibu namuto, na pia mi wupenda kuona mipira, michezo, balimbali ambayo fanyika, katika ligiku ya Wingeresa, na pia katika ligiku ya Kenya. Mi ufatili ya mipira kwa sana. Na nifraisha.	# Unafanya nini mara nyingi wikendi?
867aaf2a-0c44-451d-95bb-308b95434132	female	Swahili	Tanzania - Dar es Salaam	26	{relaxed}	Swahili	free_speech	Ndio nagiranya takatakazangu. Kwa mfano, takataka ambazo ni mabaki ya vyakula kutoka jikoni na ueka se emmoja, pia takataka kama nailoni na zi ueka se emningini. Na tenganishia kwa sababu vyakula na weza winaoza, pia nailoni huwa na zi chowamoto.	# Je, unagawanya taka zako?
9ac8e43d-1674-4272-95d3-44fccc80db08	male	Swahili	Kenya - Nairobi Sheng-influenced	21	{happy}	Swahili	free_speech	Apana la haasha, nili penda sinema nikiwa mdogo lakini kwasansa himi ni misha kwa mtumzima. Sinema si hipendi kuenda, uwa naona sinema nikiwa nyumbani lakini si kuenda kwa nga sinema katika si hemuza kwa nga lia sinema.	# Unapenda kwenda sinema mara ngapi?
84d201a2-3442-4ed6-b37e-48fe363a866e	male	Swahili	Kenya - Nairobi Sheng-influenced	21	{happy}	Swahili	free_speech	Nnamu nwa faha majirani wangu. Majirani zangu manake hao ndio wambao wanaweza ni saidi ya yuwa po patokei jambu lagafla la darula katika wakati ambapo ukuo wana taraji ya majirani wakoni ya wambao wanaweza kuwa jua zaidi.	# Je, unawafahamu majirani zako?
aa6659b9-3a27-467c-a987-dbf0622f7de0	male	Swahili	Kenya - Nairobi Sheng-influenced	27	{happy}	Swahili	free_speech	Ulindzi dhabiti ni nina utumia kwasana katika mitandaoni kulinda faragaya nini kutumia uzi biti waha tuwambili na pia mimi utumia nenosiri ambayo huwa na maneno ili uchanganya na herufi na ishara kada wakada ili kulinda mambuyangu ya faraga pale mitandaoni.	# Unalinda faragha yako vipi mtandaoni?
6484a437-868b-44d5-a220-b001d4958e64	female	Swahili	Tanzania - Dar es Salaam	26	{relaxed}	Swahili	free_speech	Napenda kufanya kazi peke angu. Hasa nikiuwa ni mediyoke malengo na nikiuwa peke angu ufanya kazi kufasa awu kufanisi zaidi kulinganisha na nikiuwa na watuengine. Kwa mana kuamba, ukiyona nikiuwa na watuengine na weza nikawandoa katika mistaliwa kufanya kazi kutokana na kuwangia.	# Unapenda kufanya kazi peke yako au na wengine?
10936b2d-15b5-4518-a4dc-a3695edb21a4	male	Swahili	Kenya - Nairobi Sheng-influenced	33	{excited}	Swahili	free_speech	Dio ni mesha waifuga mnyama kama ngombe na hana manufaa mazuri sana. Ngombe hana zaku pa maziwa, ngombe hana zaku pa nyama, ngombe, nguzi ya ngombe na tumika kutemeneza ngoma. Ngombe hana manufaa zaidi ya jinzi ya babio na vyo nekana. Ngombe na tumika ata katika wakupileka mahari. Ngombe na tumika.	# Je, umewahi kufuga mnyama?
21c612ab-aaea-4f3a-83ca-1dae3726b863	male	Swahili	Kenya - Nairobi Sheng-influenced	29	{excited}	Swahili	free_speech	Katika utotoni nilipenda kucheza mpira wakandanda, napia nilipenda kwangalia magari Nambayo ya liko ya napita pale barabarani, nikia esabu, napia nilipenda kusafiri Penda tuku kusafiri katika mbuga zanya wa nyama kusafiri Kua wana babu na nyanya pale kijijini	# Ulikuwa unapenda kufanya nini utotoni?
c524fccb-ff23-410b-91bb-7bc3ad820a75	male	Swahili	Kenya - Nairobi Sheng-influenced	26	{excited}	Swahili	free_speech	Asife Moyo, Atie Bidi katika kazi ya liyo iyanza. Awe ana jitokeza kila siku kila uchao kupiga kazi, bila kusiza kusaza bila kuchoka. Ili kazi ya ke yo eze kudumu. Anapo eda pale, uweke mungu mbele. Na fanya kazi ya ke ili ompeleka pale. Na tia eza kuwona mazao na matundayake.	# Ushauri gani ungependa kumpa mtu anayeanza kazi?
e3cd3ae8-3591-49ea-96f7-07c8e460b8e8	male	English	United States - General American	24	{relaxed}	Swahili	free_speech	mimi na penda kula wali ugali ama sima nasukiya sana sana ina laa za ilil aza tamu lakini wali, ukila wali na nyama ama wali na kitu yu kingine kitamu ten wali nimutamu kuliko ugali kwa iva mimi na penda wali	# Unapenda kula wali au ugali?
b185f4f5-4218-44ce-ac86-e1b6d02de9e6	male	English	United States - General American	22	{relaxed}	Swahili	free_speech	unknown	# Je, unatumia mitandao ya kijamii?
a4d34c9d-99f3-4d68-9be0-84d2bb954c1e	male	English	United States - General American	32	{relaxed}	Swahili	free_speech	Na mwavua kwa sababu mwaja, mwavua kwa sababu hii na saidi ya chakula kumea. Bila mwua chakula kitamea, atapata chakula. Lakini kama kuna mwua ata ekonomi ya nchi, kama etu ya Kenyan, Bapo tunategemea, ukulima, inapata manufaa kwa vunapenda mwua ndio.	# Je, unapenda mvua?
41c48940-868f-4396-b817-e87c2597f1cd	male	English	United States - General American	32	{relaxed}	Swahili	free_speech	unknown	# Chakula gani cha jadi unachopenda?
07e1e6ef-28cf-4b8b-9cbd-2e93c1a7cfaf	male	English	United States - General American	23	{relaxed}	Swahili	free_speech	Kabli ya kulala mimi na badili shanguu, ya le mavazi ya kulala lafu na piga msuwaki, na akshapi umdongo kusawa, na kama ayu junis konu mioga ntanda nioga mwili wimsa afili, nkilala tunapu mzika kama mtoto. Yani kama mtoto.	# Unafanya nini usiku kabla ya kulala?
c85c4215-591e-4e44-959f-714fa2786e97	male	English	United States - General American	27	{relaxed}	Swahili	free_speech	Nam, nam, napenda sana adidi za ajabu. Nani apendi ya didi mzuri ya didi mbawe mi andiko vizuri. Ikapeano vizuri. Napenda kwa captivated kwenya didi. Adidi na nasa. Napenda adidi za ajabu mimi. Mbaya ki ajabu ya ajabu ni fraisha.	# Je, unapenda hadithi za ajabu?
b5dc91e2-5656-472e-85a9-0103217e8e13	male	English	United States - General American	26	{relaxed}	Swahili	free_speech	unknown	# Unajihisi vipi kusubiri kwenye mstari?
4ea0b3e6-0a02-4005-b4ef-75c4debc68a9	male	Swahili	Kenya - Nairobi Sheng-influenced	26	{excited}	Swahili	free_speech	unknown	# Unasomea wapi habari mtandaoni?
cb322d83-efa8-486f-b464-e78175200ab7	male	English	United States - General American	31	{relaxed}	Swahili	free_speech	Na panofana nino wakato jo kali, wakato jo kali na penda kunyo maaji ama soda, kuchuchuti baridi, ata biya baridi, pombe baridi, kidogo iwi biya, ama soda baridi, coke baridi, na penda ama ice cream, kitu kitamu ambacho ni kibaridi wizuri. Bas. Apolipo.	# Unapenda kufanya nini wakati wa jua kali?
b608c03b-075b-42a6-bbff-bd594f848d4b	male	Swahili	Kenya - Nairobi Sheng-influenced	26	{excited}	Swahili	free_speech	Ndiyo, wana vaa saa lakini siku wakila wakati. Anake watu nawa na enapitu wana wakati. Kusababu saa tunai pata katikaru unuzetu. Saa wana wa atu wakati ambapo, na yenda sheree, wakati ambapo natakapo diyonyesha. Kulingana nangua ambayo ni mewa wakati huo.	# Je, unavaa saa?
36ac190c-1c51-4d4c-9c68-985cb73c8f6f	female	Swahili	Kenya - Nairobi Sheng-influenced	23	{relaxed}	Swahili	free_speech	Kwa kawuida mimi usikuka mblasijalala huwa napenda kweza kuomba Lapili ni na weza kunyuwa ili chaya bayo na ita hibiskas Ili bayo ina nipa usingizi ili ni weze kulala kuwanjia ilio yamani na pia ni weze kulala usingizi mnono	# Unafanya nini usiku kabla ya kulala?
c89c903a-51b3-4d1d-bdbc-99ff2068c828	female	Swahili	Kenya - Nairobi Sheng-influenced	27	{happy,relaxed,focused}	Swahili	free_speech	Manzara kutoka dirisha ni mungu na ngalia miti, na pia na ngalia waniyama amao wanalisho wajironi yangu kama vile ngombe, hanulisha kuku, na pia naweza pwa ngalia nyumba za majironi menzangu na kuumbali naweza pona ili gorofa ili okubo zaidi katikahi, tsehemu amaia naishi	# Niambie kuhusu manzaro kutoka dirishani mwako 💡 Mawazo ya kuanza 1. Unaweza kueleza ni nini unachokiona ukitazama nje 2. Labda ni miti, majengo, au barabara? 3. Je, unakumbuka ni wakati gani wa siku hupenda kutazama nje? 4. Ni nini kinachobadilika nje kutokana na msimu? 5. Unahisi vipi ukitazama nje ya dirisha?
f4e9b41c-2aab-4396-b7b3-75ab4c8b0b10	female	Swahili	Kenya - Nairobi Sheng-influenced	24	{happy,relaxed,focused}	Swahili	free_speech	Diyo nimiwikifanya kazi ya kujitolia. Mimi ni mtu umbunifu na mtu wabaye na napenda kusaidia watu sana. Hiiubasi na napenda kuwa taimia wale watutu ambao hawan wazazi na kuwa pelike ya takula, mawazi na bitu katalika ambazo wana vihi taji katika maesha yao.	# Je, umewahi kufanya kazi ya kujitolea?
9e0ef2d3-21e7-42f2-9f98-35934d20f20c	female	Swahili	Kenya - Nairobi Sheng-influenced	30	{happy,relaxed,focused}	Swahili	free_speech	Ndiyo, nafenda kazi nyumbani. Kazi ambazo nafenda kutazahidi kufanya nyumbani. Nikama kufuwa. Napenda kusafisha nyumbayangu. Uli ni hakikeshi mandare yangu yote ni masafi. Napenda pia kufanya kazi ambazo jitani kakamue. Ilini mweze kwa na mandare masafi katika nyumbayangu.	# Je, unapenda kufanya kazi nyumbani?
9cc43ac7-aa13-4b19-8b66-3d5043ea0505	female	Swahili	Kenya - Nairobi Sheng-influenced	32	{happy,relaxed,focused}	Swahili	free_speech	Mfumo mbao maupenda ule mfumo wa kuwa uweza kuunyesha nama ya GPS piya napenda kutumia Google kwa sababu ina niwezisha niweze kujua mbobo mbalambali piya napenda sana kutumia ule mfumo wa kuweka ule usangamawa wanguwasemu	# Unapendelea mfumo gani wa simu?
a669e508-1090-45ef-b59b-de46d7335db6	female	Swahili	Tanzania - Dar es Salaam	23	{relaxed}	Swahili	free_speech	unknown	# Niambie kuhusu rafiki yako wa karibu zaidi 💡 Mawazo ya kuanza 1. Unaweza kueleza ni jinsi mlivyokutana 2. Labda ni shuleni, kazini, au jirani? 3. Je, unakumbuka mambo mnayoyafanya pamoja? 4. Ni nini kinachofanya uwe rafiki wa kweli? 5. Ungependa kusema nini kuhusu rafiki yako?
2795f692-2a92-483d-85a8-bd149a261e31	female	Swahili	Tanzania - Dar es Salaam	30	{relaxed}	Swahili	free_speech	unknown	# Niambie kuhusu ujuzi ungependa kujifunza 💡 Mawazo ya kuanza 1. Unaweza kushiriki ni ujuzi gani ungependa kuupata 2. Labda unaweza kueleza ni kwa nini ujuzi huu ni muhimu kwako 3. Je, umeshawahi kujaribu kujifunza ujuzi huu hapo awali? 4. Ungependa kueleza ni jinsi utakavyojifunza? 5. Unahisi ni wakati gani mzuri...
e368bc2a-19ec-4cc3-acca-fa4bddd8bafd	female	Swahili	Tanzania - Dar es Salaam	27	{relaxed}	Swahili	free_speech	unknown	# Unapenda kutembea wapi?
40c7e27f-0522-4fa7-8468-ca08b20f41ee	male	Swahili	Kenya - Nairobi Sheng-influenced	28	{relaxed}	Swahili	free_speech	Na pene sana mziki wa bongo flavor kwa sababu ya mashaili ya ke ya hisi ya kali na midundo ya kufutia. Mwibaji ni liya mfuwati liya tangu zamani i daya mwodi platinamu. Mimi, uzi kiliza mziki wa subuhi wakati ni kijiandaa kwaanza siku. Kwa ni hunipa ni shati na fula hatele. Mbo wangu ni upendao unani fanya ni jihizi m...	# Niambie kuhusu muziki unaoipenda 💡 Mawazo ya kuanza 1. Unaweza kushiriki ni aina gani ya muziki unayoipenda 2. Labda ni bongo, pop, classical, au reggae? 3. Je, unakumbuka mwimbaji au bendi unayoipenda zaidi? 4. Ni wakati gani unayosikiliza muziki? 5. Unahisi jinsi gani muziki ukisikiliza wimbo wako unaoupenda?
9c52b363-392d-41a9-b356-b7d3443db07d	male	Swahili	Kenya - Nairobi Sheng-influenced	29	{relaxed}	Swahili	free_speech	Mimi upendelia kusoma zaidi kuligo kuwandika kwa sababu kunaniluhusu kupata mahalifa maapia kulelewa mitanzamu tofauti ya watu duniani. Kusoma bitabu wakara hunipa utulivu wa kili na kunisaidiya kusafili kuenda sehemu mbalimbali kutumia mawazo ya angu tu. Hata hivyo, kuwandika ni muhimu kwa kuwani hunisaidiya kupanga ...	# Unapendelea kusoma au kuandika?
5109c8b1-a05f-4859-9aa6-351b27b6e320	male	Swahili	Kenya - Nairobi Sheng-influenced	35	{relaxed}	Swahili	free_speech	Kazi ya nyumbani inayo itchukiya zaidi ni kupiga pa singuo. Kwa ni ina nichukiza kwa kwa kwa ina tukua muda mlefu ina itaji umakini mkubwa yeli usahisabu fitabaa. Mala nyingi, mimi huahilisha kazi hii hadi dakika ya muisho kabisa ina po hitaji kuva anguo mahususi. Nambendelea kufanya usafi wa vioombo hau kupika kuliko...	# Kazi gani ya nyumbani unayoichukia?
f62c785d-3c09-4f80-9ecb-bceb61f7e7da	male	Swahili	Kenya - Nairobi Sheng-influenced	25	{relaxed}	Swahili	free_speech	Ni mwe shawahi kuenda kwenye tamasha lamziki na nilikua tukio laku sismua sana. Nili fua hiya sana mudundo wa ala zamziki na kuimba pamuja na maelfu ya mshabiki wengine. Hali hiyo ya nishati na fula ha ilini fanya nijihisi hulu na mwenye msisimukom kubo maishanu.	# Je, umewahi kwenda kwenye tamasha la muziki?
43cb1112-eeba-410c-bbbd-5c3810584df2	male	Swahili	Kenya - Nairobi Sheng-influenced	22	{relaxed}	Swahili	free_speech	Kwa kawaida mimi utumia simu yaangu zaidi kwa ajiri ya kwa usimami ya majukumu ya kikazi na kwa siniena na familia ya angu kupitia mitendao ya kijamii. Inani saidi ya kupata habali mpia duniani na kuraisisha miyamala ya kifeza nikiwa mahali papote kwa usalama na ufanisi mkubo.	# Unatumia simu yako kwa nini zaidi?
a044f242-73f8-42b7-bab2-ff83af0b50c9	male	Swahili	Kenya - Nairobi Sheng-influenced	26	{relaxed}	Swahili	free_speech	Tabia inayo ni yuudhi zaide ni kutokua mukwele na kusema ugongo. Kwa ni, upunguza uaminifu katia watu. Napeenda kufanya kazi na watu wazi na weye heshima kwa sababu mazingila ya kuaminiana usaidia sana katika ujenga usiano imala na weye tija maishani.	# Tabia gani ya watu inakuchukiza?
fb059c01-59d6-4893-90d4-639c7a5b7338	male	Swahili	Kenya - Nairobi Sheng-influenced	30	{relaxed}	Swahili	free_speech	Ushahuli wangu mkubwa ni kuwa nabidihi nidhamu nania ya kujifunza kila siku. Jenga mahusiano mema na wajafanya kazi menzako, uliiza maswali unapo kwama, na hakikicha unatimiiza majukumu yaako wakati kumbuka Muwanzo mzuri kazini huweza weka msingi imala wamafani kio yaako ya baadae.	# Ushauri gani ungependa kumpa mtu anayeanza kazi?
f3c018b8-2e37-48c0-befe-ecf38e715fbe	male	Swahili	Kenya - Nairobi Sheng-influenced	23	{relaxed}	Swahili	free_speech	Kuna kula mchicha na sukuma wiki kwa sababu ni mboga zeniye vitu tubishi vizungi na lathan zuli zinapo pikwa. Viyema, kula mboga zamajani kila siku ni sahidi ya kuhimalisha kinga ya mwili wangu, kubolesha mwengenyo wachakula na kunipa nguvu ya kutoshia mwilini.	# Mboga gani unazopenda kula?
542e87ec-32e3-4b92-ada1-7d5097357ede	male	Swahili	Kenya - Nairobi Sheng-influenced	23	{relaxed}	Swahili	free_speech	Kwa saidi kuhusu mutawa wangu ni mazingila tulivu na jinsi majilani wa wana vio pendana na kusaidiwana kwa kila hali. Kuna hali ya usalama na amani ninaia fanya maisha ya weme pesi hukumiti mingi ya kijani kitoa hewa safi na kivuli kitamu wakati wa mchana.	# Unapenda nini kuhusu mtaa wako?
74e5f4ed-0b3d-441f-81f4-9bcac760a92d	male	Swahili	Kenya - Nairobi Sheng-influenced	26	{relaxed}	Swahili	free_speech	Mimi wupena kwena madukani ya subuhi na mapema katikati ya wiki. Hasa jumawune au jumatano wakati huu kunakua na utulivu mkubwa, hakuna msululu mlefu ya watu na pata na fasi nzuli ya kuchangua bidhaa bora kumakini bila haraka yojote ila ila maishani mwangu.	# Unapenda kwenda madukani lini?

🇰🇪 Swahili Speech Dataset

🌍 Swahili — The lingua franca of East Africa.

Spoken by 200+ million people across Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, and the DRC.

📧 Need more? sofia@silencioai.com — we have 9,786 hours of Swahili voice data.

🎯 Dataset Overview

47 high-quality Swahili recordings (~21 minutes) from native speakers across East Africa.

Language	Speakers	Regions	Sample Size
🇰🇪 Kiswahili	Native speakers	Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda	47 recordings

Speaker Demographics

Gender balance: Mixed male/female
Regions: Kenyan Swahili (Nairobi, Mombasa), Tanzanian Swahili
Ages: 18-60+
Recording quality: Real-world mobile recordings, natural speech

🚀 Quick Start

from datasets import load_dataset

# Load dataset
swahili = load_dataset("SilencioNetwork/swahili-speech")

# Process samples
for sample in swahili['train']:
    audio = sample['audio']
    transcript = sample['transcript']
    gender = sample['gender']
    print(f"[{gender}] {transcript[:50]}...")

🌍 Why Swahili?

Swahili (Kiswahili) is one of Africa's most important languages:

🗣️ 200+ million speakers across East and Central Africa
🇰🇪 Official language of Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Rwanda
💼 Growing digital economy — mobile banking, e-commerce booming
📱 Tech adoption — M-Pesa, voice AI demand rising
🌐 Pan-African lingua franca — Used across 10+ countries

Yet Swahili remains severely underrepresented in voice AI datasets.

📊 Full Data Availability

This sample is <1% of our Swahili corpus.

Category	This Sample	Full Corpus Available
Swahili (Kenya)	47 recordings (~21 min)	9,786 hours
Total	47	9,786 hours

What We Have

✅ 9,786 hours of Swahili voice data
✅ Native speakers from Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda
✅ Multiple dialects and accents
✅ Real-world recording conditions
✅ Transcriptions available
✅ Rich metadata (gender, age, region, emotion)

📋 Metadata

Each recording includes:

Field	Description
`file_name`	Audio file path
`id`	Unique recording ID
`audio`	Audio data (48 kHz WAV)
`transcript`	Swahili transcription
`gender`	Speaker gender (male/female)
`location`	Speaker location
`mother_tongue`	Native language
`dialect`	Regional dialect
`duration`	Recording length (seconds)
`emotions`	Emotion labels (joy, neutral, etc.)
`type_of_script`	free_speech / keywords / monologues
`script`	Original prompt

🎤 Audio Format

Format: WAV
Sample Rate: 48 kHz
Channels: Mono
Recording: Real-world conditions (mobile devices, natural environments)
Quality: Professional transcription and QA

🎯 Use Cases

🗣️ Swahili ASR — Speech recognition for East African markets
🔊 Swahili TTS — Voice synthesis for mobile apps, assistants
📱 Voice apps — M-Pesa, mobile banking, healthcare
🎓 Education — Language learning, literacy tools
📞 Call centers — Automated customer support in Swahili
📊 Benchmarking — Test multilingual model performance
🌍 Inclusive AI — Build voice AI that works for Africa

⚖️ License

CC BY-NC 4.0 — Free for research and non-commercial use.

For commercial licensing, contact sofia@silencioai.com.

📧 Get the Full Dataset

Need more Swahili data? We can help.

What You Need	We Provide
More Swahili data	✅ 9,786 hours available
Other East African languages	✅ Luganda, Kinyarwanda, Kikuyu
Kenyan English	✅ 1,200+ hours
Tanzanian dialects	✅ Available
Custom collection	✅ Any East African language

📧 Email: sofia@silencioai.com

🌐 Website: silencioai.com

🌟 Why Silencio Network?

1.5M+ active contributors globally
180+ countries represented
100+ languages available
Real-world data — Not synthetic, not scripted
Fast turnaround — Custom collection in 2-4 weeks
Ethical sourcing — Contributors are paid fairly

Citation

@dataset{silencio_swahili_2025,
    title        = {Swahili Speech Dataset},
    author       = {Silencio Network},
    year         = {2025},
    publisher    = {Hugging Face},
    howpublished = {\url{https://huggingface.co/datasets/SilencioNetwork/swahili-speech}},
    license      = {CC BY-NC 4.0}
}

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🚀 Building voice AI for Africa? Let's talk: sofia@silencioai.com

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