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Release Date: 7/20/2026
Format: MP3, TSV
Size: 511.56 MB
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The Hazargi ASR Dataset is a resource designed to support research in speech and language technologies for the Hazargi language. It contains utterance-level audios and corresponding transcriptions, extracted from ELAN files. This dataset aims to advance the development of AI and NLP technologies for the underrepresented Hazargi language while supporting language documentation, preservation, and future multilingual research.
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Any attempt to identify, re-identify, or expose the identity of speakers featured in this dataset is strictly forbidden. This includes cross-referencing with other datasets, voice-print matching, or any other technique intended to link recordings to real individuals.
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Any attempt to identify, re-identify, or expose the identity of speakers featured in this dataset is strictly forbidden. This includes cross-referencing with other datasets, voice-print matching, or any other technique intended to link recordings to real individuals.
Hazargi (also spelled Hazaragi) is a variety of Dari Persian spoken by the Hazara people, primarily in the Hazarajat region of central Afghanistan, as well as in diaspora communities in Pakistan (notably Quetta) and Iran. It is closely related to standard Dari but includes distinct vocabulary, including a number of Turkic and Mongolic loanwords reflecting the historical origins of the Hazara people. Hazargi is considered a low-resource language for natural language processing and speech technology, with very limited digital or annotated data currently available.
The dataset comprises unscripted, first-person interviews and talks in Hazargi featuring speakers from diverse backgrounds within the Hazara community including artists, musicians, athletes, doctors, students, entrepreneurs, activists, and tradespeople. Topics span personal introductions and life journeys, Hazara history and culture, language preservation, education, business and entrepreneurship, sports (notably boxing and karate), traditional crafts and cuisine, social issues (education access, gender barriers, drug use, media awareness), organizational profiles (e.g., Mechid, Deedar, Hazara Jirga, Panahi Musical Academy), and closing messages of advice or awareness directed at youth and the broader community.
The dataset consists of a clips/ directory with 3,375 audio clips, taken from the original 181 videos transcribed in ELAN, and a data.tsv file, which contains two columns:
video_id: an identifier of the original video the clip was extracted from. This is also useful for lookup in the metadata file, discussed below.
path: the relative path to the audio clip (e.g. clips/.mp3
sentence: the Hazargi transcript.
In addition, a separate TSV metadata file accompanies the dataset, providing speaker-level and clip-level metadata for every original recording (of which there are 181), including:
video_id (original ID of the recording corresponding to the folder in the multimodal dataset)
duration
description
speaker_count
speaker_gender
speaker_age_group
| # | video_id | duration | description | speaker_count | speaker_gender | speaker_age_group |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 20260215-haz001 | 0:04:51 | Self introduction and talks about his studies | 1 | Male | 45 and Above |
| 2 | 20260215-haz002 | 0:05:25 | Talks about Hazara history | 1 | Male | 45 and Above |
| 3 | 20260215-haz003 | 0:04:47 | Talks about history in general | 1 | Male | 45 and Above |
| 4 | 20260215-haz004 | 0:03:19 | Speaker's message to youngsters | 1 | Male | 45 and Above |
| 5 | 20260217-haz005 | 0:04:16 | How he started his work initially | 1 | Male | 45 and Above |
| 6 | 20260217-haz006 | 0:04:44 | About his work experiences and hardships | 1 | Male | 45 and Above |
(Full metadata for all 181 recordings is provided in the accompanying Excel file.)
