# google-research-datasets/dakshina

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## Links

- GitHub: https://github.com/google-research-datasets/dakshina
- awesome-repositories: https://awesome-repositories.com/repository/google-research-datasets-dakshina.md

## Description

The Dakshina dataset is a collection of text in both Latin and native scripts for 12 South Asian languages. For each language, the dataset includes a large collection of native script Wikipedia text, a romanization lexicon of words in the native script with attested romanizations, and some full sentence parallel data in both a native script of the language and the basic Latin alphabet.

## Tags

### Part of an Awesome List

- [Natural Language Processing](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/awesome-lists/ai/natural-language-processing.md) — Listed in the “Natural Language Processing” section of the FunNLP awesome list.
- [Natural Language Corpora](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/awesome-lists/data/natural-language-corpora.md) — Parallel text data for South Asian languages.