rzgar/kurdish_sorani_literatures

Vejîn Kurdish Sorani Literature Dataset

• Vejîn Kurdish Sorani Literature Instructions Dataset

Overview

The Vejîn Kurdish Sorani Literature Dataset is a collection of over 22,000 text entries in Kurdish Sorani, sourced from the digital library VejînBooks. This dataset aims to preserve and share Kurdish literary and historical texts, making them accessible for natural language processing (NLP) tasks, linguistic research, and cultural studies. It includes poetry, prose, and other writings by prominent Kurdish authors, organized in a structured JSON format suitable for AI model training, such as fine-tuning large language models (LLMs) to understand and generate Kurdish Sorani text.

Dataset Description

This dataset was compiled by scraping text content from https://books.vejin.net/ck/books/, a platform dedicated to collecting and digitizing Kurdish literary and historical works. Each entry represents a unique text (e.g., a poem, chapter, or short piece) extracted from books available on the site. The data has been processed to remove duplicates and formatted into a single JSON file for ease of use.

Key Statistics

• Number of Entries: Approximately 22,727
• Language: Kurdish Sorani (Central Kurdish)
• Source: VejînBooks
• Format: JSON

Data Structure

The dataset is stored in a single JSON file, kurdish_sorani_dataset.json, with the following structure:

[
    {
        "id": "8730",
        "title": "قوربان جەژنەکەی قوربانەن ئیمڕۆ",
        "author": "عارف عورفی (1896-1961)",
        "book": "دیوانی عارف عورفی",
        "content": "پەرێ زامی دڵ دەرمانەن ئیمڕۆ\n"
    },
  {
    "id": "8731",
    "title": "قەد مەکە تۆبە ئەگەر مەییت بێ",
    "author": "عارف عورفی (1896-1961)",
    "book": "دیوانی عارف عورفی",
    "content": "قەد مەکە تۆبە ئەگەر مەییت بێ\nسەد تۆبەی پەشیمانی لە دووی دێ\nگوڵ دەمکاتەوە بولبول بخوێنێ\nئەو ساتە تۆبە کەی ڕەوا ئەبێ"
  },
    ...
]

Fields

• id: A unique, auto-incremented identifier (string) starting from "1" for each entry.
• title: The title of the text (e.g., poem or chapter name).
• author: The author’s name, including birth-death years where available (e.g., "هەژار (1921-1991)"), derived from the filename and file content.
• book: The book or collection the text belongs to (e.g., "بۆ کوردستان"), extracted from the filename and file content.
• content: The full text content, starting from the title line to the end, preserving line breaks and Kurdish Sorani characters.

Source and Collection Process

The data originates from VejînBooks, a Kurdish digital library focused on preserving literary and historical texts. The collection process involved:

1. Web Scraping: Fetching text content from individual book pages (e.g., https://books.vejin.net/ck/text/<id>) over a range of IDs (up to 35,722 with gaps for non-existent pages).
2. File Generation: Saving each text as a .txt file with metadata in the filename (e.g., هەژار (1921-1991)_بۆ کوردستان_نامەوێ بۆ من ببارێ هەورێ_35690.txt).
3. Processing: Converting the files into a JSON format, assigning sequential IDs, and removing duplicates based on content hashes.

The original filenames included a numeric ID from the URL, but this was replaced with sequential IDs (1, 2, 3, ...) to create a cleaner dataset.

Usage

This dataset is ideal for:

• NLP Tasks: Fine-tuning LLMs (e.g., GPT, BERT) for Kurdish Sorani text generation, translation, or sentiment analysis.
• Linguistic Research: Studying Kurdish Sorani syntax, vocabulary, and literary styles.
• Cultural Preservation: Providing access to Kurdish literature for educational and archival purposes.

Example Use Case

Load the dataset in Python using Hugging Face’s datasets library:

from datasets import load_dataset

dataset = load_dataset("rzgar/kurdish_sorani_literatures")
ckb_books = dataset['train']

book_title = ckb_books[0]['title']
book_author = ckb_books[0]['author']
book_content = ckb_books[0]['content']

License

This dataset is shared under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License (CC BY-SA 4.0). Users are free to use, adapt, and share the data, provided attribution is given to the source (VejînBooks and the dataset creator) and derivative works are shared under the same license.

Acknowledgments

• Source: Thanks to VejînBooks for making Kurdish literary texts available online.

I owe an immense debt of gratitude to the dedicated volunteers who made this dataset possible. These individuals, from various cities across Iran, Iraq, and beyond, painstakingly digitized old Kurdish Sorani texts by typing them out from physical books—a labor-intensive process requiring countless hours of effort and a deep commitment to preserving Kurdish literary heritage. Their selfless work through VejînBooks has ensured that these valuable texts are accessible to the world, and this dataset stands as a testament to their contribution to Kurdish culture and language.

Contributors

The following table lists the contributors who volunteered their time and skills to digitize the texts that form the backbone of this dataset:

Name in Kurdish Sorani	Name in Latin	Location
ئاسۆ مەحموودی	Aso Mehmoudi	Mariwan, Iran
هۆزان عەزیزی	Hozan Azizi	Khane, Iran
نەشمیل دژدەمە	Nashmil Dzhdama	Mariwan, Iran
محەممەد ئیسماعیلنەژاد	Mohammad Ismailnezhad	Bukan, Iran
حامید کۆنەپۆشی	Hamid Konaposhi	Mariwan, Iran
ڕێبوار هەورامی	Rebwar Hawrami	Paveh, Iran
کەماڵ ڕەحمانی	Kamal Rahmani	Khane, Iran
حسەین حسەینی	Hussain Husseini	Mariwan, Iran
هێمن سەمەدی	Heman Samadi	Mariwan, Iran
سومەییە نیکپوور	Sumayya Nikpoor	Mariwan, Iran
ڕۆژین خوشاب	Rozhin Khushab	Mariwan, Iran
زانا غەفووری	Zana Ghafoori	Mariwan, Iran
فەرهاد ڕاوش	Farhad Rawsh	Mariwan, Iran
ئایدا هوژەبری	Aida Hozhabri	Mariwan, Iran
هدیە حەکیمی	Hediya Hakimi	Sanandaj, Iran
محەممەد خزری ئەقدەم	Mohammad Khezri Aghdam	Mahabad, Iran
ئەحمەد کەریم	Ahmed Karim	Sulaymaniyah, Iraq
زریان سەرچناری	Zryan Sarchnari	Sulaymaniyah, Iraq
فەرزانە عەبدوڵڵازادە	Farzaneh Abdullahzadeh	Khane, Iran
نووشین مەحموودی	Noshin Mahmoudi	Javanrud, Iran
نوسەیبە عەبدی	Nusayba Abdi	Mariwan, Iran
سارا خەنشا	Sara Khansha	Shno, Iran
غەفوور پیرزادە	Ghafoor Pirzadeh	Mahabad, Iran
مەنسوور ئەسەدی	Mansoor Asadi	Bukan, Iran
هەڵاڵە نەویدی	Halala Navidi	Paveh, Iran
کۆچەر بیرکار	Kocher Birkar	Cambridge, UK
گوڵزار مینوویی	Gulzar Minoui	Mariwan, Iran
محەممەد حەلیمی	Mohammad Halimi	Baneh, Iran
زوهرە کەرەمی	Zohreh Karami	Paveh, Iran
سۆران غەفووری	Soran Ghafoori	Mariwan, Iran
شەیدا خاڵە	Shaida Khala	Bukan, Iran
دڵنیا قادری	Dilnya Qaderi	Mariwan, Iran
بوشرا مەنووچێهری	Bushra Manouchehri	Javanrud, Iran
نەسرین خالدیان	Nasrin Khaledian	Qorveh, Iran
نەسرین ڕەحمانی	Nasrin Rahmani	Khane, Iran
پرشنگ مستەفازادە	Pershang Mostafazadeh	Bukan, Iran
ئارەش مێهرەبان	Aresh Mehraban	Mariwan, Iran
حەسیبە سەییدی	Hasiba Seydi	Saqqez, Iran
هەستیار جەلیلزادە	Hastyar Jalilzadeh	Mariwan, Iran
سۆما بەختیاری	Soma Bakhtiari	Saqqez, Iran
ئیحسان ئیزەدی	Ihsan Izadi	Rawansar, Iran
زیاد ئەسعەد	Ziad Asaad	Rawanduz, Iraq
پەیمان عەلیپوور	Peyman Alipour	Khane, Iran
مەجید سەییدی	Majid Seydi	Mariwan, Iran
عەبدولواحید فەتاحی	Abdulwahid Fattahi	Naghadeh, Iran
محەممەدئەمین شاسەنە	Mohammad Amin Shasanam	Bukan, Iran
سەرکەوت غەفووری	Sarkawt Ghafoori	Mariwan, Iran
دیاکۆ ڕەحمانی	Diako Rahmani	Khane, Iran
ڤیان مورادی	Viyan Moradi	Mariwan, Iran
هەرەوەز ڕەنجبەر	Harawaz Ranjbar	Sulaymaniyah, Iraq
مورتەزا مورادی	Morteza Moradi	Javanrud, Iran
ئاسۆ پیری	Aso Piri	Kamyaran, Iran
ئیسماعیل ڕاجی	Ismail Raji	Sulaymaniyah, Iraq
عەبدولباسیت عەبدوڵڵا	Abdulbasit Abdullah	Sulaymaniyah, Iraq
عەبدولباسیت ڕەحمانی	Abdulbasit Rahmani	Khane, Iran
سەیران سەعیدپوور	Seyran Saeedpoor	Mariwan, Iran
ناسێح خوسرەوی	Naseh Khosravi	Mariwan, Iran
سروە ئەمین ساڵەحی	Sarwa Amin Salehi	Mariwan, Iran
عەلی بایەزیدی	Ali Bayazidi	Mahabad, Iran
موبین ساڵحی	Mobin Salehi	Kermanshah, Iran
ئارۆز بەکر کەریم	Aroz Bakr Karim	Sulaymaniyah, Iraq
شیما ئەرکیان	Shima Arkian	Mahabad, Iran
مەهتاب خوسرەوی	Mahtab Khosravi	Mariwan, Iran
ئارەزوو فەتحی	Arezoo Fathi	Mariwan, Iran
سروە دەستووم	Sarwa Dastoom	Mariwan, Iran
هاوژین مەولوودی	Hawzhin Moloudi	Mariwan, Iran
سەیران حسەینی	Seyran Husseini	Mariwan, Iran
نەسرەت دژدەمە	Nasrat Dzhdama	Mariwan, Iran
مەهناز عەبدوڵڵاهی	Mahnaz Abdullahi	Bukan, Iran
سامرەند ئەحمەدزادە	Samrand Ahmadzadeh	Mahabad, Iran
هاوین شێخی	Havin Sheikhi	Bukan, Iran
چیا دانش	Chia Danish	Mariwan, Iran
ئارام مستەوفی	Aram Mostofi	Paveh, Iran
شەهێن غەفووری	Shaheen Ghafoori	Mariwan, Iran
ئارمین شەریفی	Armin Sharifi	Mariwan, Iran
دڵشاد ڕەحمان	Dilshad Rahman	Mariwan, Iran
جەماڵ کاڕەشی	Jamal Kareshi	Bukan, Iran
خوسرەو مەعرووفی	Khosrow Maroufi	Mahabad, Iran
دارا کەریمی	Dara Karimi	Mariwan, Iran
بیلال فەتاحی	Bilal Fattahi	Mariwan, Iran
پێشەوا پەرتەو	Peshawa Partaw	Mariwan, Iran
جەهانگیر دانشی	Jahangir Daneshi	Mariwan, Iran
چنوور ساسانی	Chenoor Sasani	Mariwan, Iran
ئارام ساڵحی	Aram Salehi	Mariwan, Iran
پژمان ئیسماعیلنژاد	Pezhman Ismailnezhad	Mahabad, Iran
ئیدریس ڕاستی وەیس	Idris Rasti Ways	Mariwan, Iran
ئەمیر دانشوەر	Amir Daneshmand	Mariwan, Iran
ئوسامە بووتیمار	Osama Bootimar	Mariwan, Iran
سروە سەلامی	Sarwa Salami	Mariwan, Iran
سنوور دانشخا	Snoor Daneshkha	Mariwan, Iran
محەممەد شەفیعی	Mohammad Shafiei	Badra, Iraq
مونیب پەژووهی	Munib Pazhohi	Mariwan, Iran
میلاد مەحموودنژاد	Milad Mahmoudnejad	Mariwan, Iran
کامیل سەفەریان	Kamil Sefarian	Mariwan, Iran
گوڵبەهار داربۆی	Gulbahar Darboy	Mariwan, Iran

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