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title: "Kikuyu Speech Dataset – Kenyan ANV ASR Data (Free) | Way With Words"
description: "Kikuyu speech from the Kenyan African Next Voices collection—multiple dialects on Hugging Face."
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Africa Next Voices

# Kikuyu speech dataset

African Next Voices: Data collection in Kenya (KenCorpus Consortium, Gates Foundation). Scripted and unscripted speech across multiple domains, collected through ethical, community-led processes. CC BY 4.0. See the Hugging Face organization for the latest splits and attribution. This configuration covers Kikuyu (Gĩ-Kabete, Ki-Mathira, Ki-Muranga, Ki-Ndia, Gĩ-Gichugu). Use the dataset card for the latest hours and splits.

Looking for more options? Browse the [full African speech datasets catalog](/datasets) or see our [community-centric data licensing framework](/esethu).

## Key details

Hours available

754

Speakers

0

Access

Hugging Face

Audio format

WAV (per dataset card)

Accents

Kenyan Kikuyu

[Get dataset on Hugging Face →](https://huggingface.co/datasets/Anv-ke/kikuyu)

## Dataset details

Hours available

754

Age range

18 - 60+

Download size

Hugging Face

Number of speakers

0

Audio format

WAV (per dataset card)

Accents

Kenyan Kikuyu

## Additional information

### African Next Voices — Kenya

This listing points to African Next Voices in Kenya (KenCorpus Consortium, Gates Foundation): scripted and unscripted speech collected through community-led processes, with per-language dataset repos under the [Anv-ke](https://huggingface.co/Anv-ke) organization on Hugging Face. The public cards describe domains, splits, transcription coverage, and ethical use; treat releases as work in progress and follow CC BY 4.0 attribution on the dataset card.

 

## More languages & resources

Open the Hugging Face dataset card for this language for loading instructions, columns, and the latest statistics. The [Anv-ke](https://huggingface.co/Anv-ke) organization lists sibling repos (Dholuo, Kikuyu, Somali, Kalenjin, Maasai). Use only as permitted on the card (research and ASR-related development; no surveillance or unethical profiling).

[Open on Hugging Face →](https://huggingface.co/datasets/Anv-ke/kikuyu) [Back to all datasets](/datasets)

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