WAXAL: A Large-Scale Multilingual African Language Speech Corpus

WAXAL: A Large-Scale Multilingual African Language Speech Corpus. Diack, A., Nelson, P., Agbesi, K., Nakalembe, A., MohamedKhair, M., Dube, V., Siyavora, T., Venugopalan, S., Hickey, J., Okonkwo, U., Bapna, A., Wiafe, I., Helegah, R. D., Atsakpo, E. D., Nutrokpor, C., Winful, F. B. P., Solaga, K. K., Abdulai, J., Ekpezu, A. O., Niyonkuru, A., Rutunda, S., Ishimwe, B., Melese, M., Bainomugisha, E., Nakatumba-Nabende, J., Katumba, A., Babirye, C., Mukiibi, J., Kimani, V., Kibacia, S., Maina, J., Emmah, F., Shekarau, A. I., Adamu, I. S., Abdullahi, Y., Lakougna, H., MacDonald, B., Shemtov, H., Walcott-Bryant, A., Cisse, M., Hassidim, A., Dean, J., & Matias, Y. CoRR, 2026.

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@article{DBLP:journals/corr/abs-2602-02734,
  author       = {Abdoulaye Diack and
                  Perry Nelson and
                  Kwaku Agbesi and
                  Angela Nakalembe and
                  MohamedElfatih MohamedKhair and
                  Vusumuzi Dube and
                  Tavonga Siyavora and
                  Subhashini Venugopalan and
                  Jason Hickey and
                  Uche Okonkwo and
                  Abhishek Bapna and
                  Isaac Wiafe and
                  Raynard Dodzi Helegah and
                  Elikem Doe Atsakpo and
                  Charles Nutrokpor and
                  Fiifi Baffoe Payin Winful and
                  Kafui Kwashie Solaga and
                  Jamal{-}Deen Abdulai and
                  Akon Obu Ekpezu and
                  Audace Niyonkuru and
                  Samuel Rutunda and
                  Boris Ishimwe and
                  Michael Melese and
                  Engineer Bainomugisha and
                  Joyce Nakatumba{-}Nabende and
                  Andrew Katumba and
                  Claire Babirye and
                  Jonathan Mukiibi and
                  Vincent Kimani and
                  Samuel Kibacia and
                  James Maina and
                  Fridah Emmah and
                  Ahmed Ibrahim Shekarau and
                  Ibrahim Shehu Adamu and
                  Yusuf Abdullahi and
                  Howard Lakougna and
                  Bob MacDonald and
                  Hadar Shemtov and
                  Aisha Walcott{-}Bryant and
                  Moustapha Cisse and
                  Avinatan Hassidim and
                  Jeff Dean and
                  Yossi Matias},
  title        = {{WAXAL:} {A} Large-Scale Multilingual African Language Speech Corpus},
  journal      = {CoRR},
  volume       = {abs/2602.02734},
  year         = {2026},
  url          = {https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2602.02734},
  doi          = {10.48550/ARXIV.2602.02734},
  eprinttype   = {arXiv},
  eprint       = {2602.02734},
  timestamp    = {Mon, 30 Mar 2026 01:00:00 +0200},
  biburl       = {https://dblp.org/rec/journals/corr/abs-2602-02734.bib},
  bibsource    = {dblp computer science bibliography, https://dblp.org}
}

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