Nigerian Accent Speech Data for English and Nigerian Pidgin

A speech dataset containing recordings of Nigerian-accented English and Nigerian Pidgin, intended for research and development in speech technology. The dataset includes audio files paired with transcriptions. It was authored by AlaminI and last updated on February 8, 2026.

Use Cases

• Train speech recognition models based on Nigerian-accented English audio and text pairs.
• Develop accent identification systems based on the Nigerian English and Pidgin speech samples.
• Build text-to-speech voices for Nigerian Pidgin based on the provided audio recordings.
• Conduct linguistic research on Nigerian English and Pidgin phonetics using the transcribed speech data.

Strengths

• Includes two distinct language varieties: Nigerian-accented English and Nigerian Pidgin.
• Data is structured as audio files paired with transcriptions, enabling supervised learning.

Limitations

• Row count, file formats, and dataset size are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.

Provenance

Source

huggingface

Collection Method

Likely contains recordings of Nigerian-accented English and Nigerian Pidgin.

Time Range

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Freshness

Last updated 2026-02-08 17:32:13; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Likely Nigeria or speakers of Nigerian English and Pidgin.