isiZulu Oral Corpus (IOC)

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Title IsiZulu Oral Corpus
Description An oral corpus is a database of audio files and transcriptions. In speech technology, oral corpora are used, among other things, to create machine learning models, algorithms, human language technologies, and research. In linguistics, oral corpora are used to research phonetic, conversation analysis, dialectology and other areas.
Duration 139 hrs : 35 mins : 57 secs
Publisher University Of KwaZulu-Natal, University Teaching and Learning, University Language Development Office
License University of KwaZulu-Natal
Language isiZulu
Author(s) University language Planning and Development Office(ULPDO)
Citation(s) Khumalo, L. (2020). Corpora as Agency in the Intellectualisation of African Languages. In R. Kaschula & H. Wolff (Eds.), The Transformative Power of Language: From Postcolonial to Knowledge Societies in Africa (pp. 247-258). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. doi:10.1017/9781108671088.014
Type Audio
Category Monolingual audio corpora
version 1.0
Date created 2016
Date available 2020
Access Please contact us at ulpdo@ukzn.ac.za