This dataset contains 5,000+ English words and their corresponding translations in Etsako, a low-resource Nigerian language. It is designed to support research in natural language processing (NLP), machine translation, and linguistic studies
Etsako-English Lexicon Dataset
Description
This dataset contains 5,000+ English words and their corresponding translations in Etsako, a low-resource Nigerian language. It is designed to support research in natural language processing (NLP), machine translation and linguistic studies.
Dataset Details
• Language Pair: English ↔ Etsako
• Format: CSV (Comma-Separated Values)
• Number of Entries: 5,000+
• Fields:
o id: Unique identifier
o english_word: The word in English
o etsako_translation: The corresponding translation in Etsako
o part_of_speech: Grammatical category (e.g., noun, verb, adjective, pron, adverb)
Example Data
SNO,ENGLISH WORD,ETSAKO WORD,POS,,,
1,abandon,azọ'obọ,verb,,,
2,abase,ọmhio'mama,verb,,,
3,abate,ọtsie'gbe,verb,,,
4,abbreviate,akwi'vhiọre,noun,,,
5,abbreviate,atsiọkoko,noun,,,
6,abdomen,aghu,noun,,,
7,abdomen,ukpaku,noun,,,
8,abduct,adhọya'du,verb,,,
9,abide,tsomai,verb,,,
10,abide,muza'na,verb,,,
11,ability,afu,noun,,,
12,able,mati,adj,,,
13,ablusion,ukpegiegbe,noun,,,
14,abnormally ,ọdegbia'vhọ,adj,,,
15,abnormally ,oguẹ'ọlẹyọvhọ,adv,,,
16,abolish,afiọdono,verb,,,
17,abolish,rhue'otore,verb,,,
18,abominable,emaghuaa,noun,,,
19,abomination,aghuaa,noun,,,
20,abort,ariala,verb,,,
Usage
Researchers and developers can use this dataset for:
✅ Machine Translation (MT)
✅ Speech Recognition
✅ Word Embedding for NLP
✅ Linguistic Studies
File Download
You can download the dataset from the following link:
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License
This dataset is released under the GNU License, meaning you can use, share, and modify it with proper attribution.
Citation
If you use this dataset in research, please cite it as follows:
@dataset Osumah_2025,
author = Osumah, Thomas.O,
title = Etsako-English Lexicon Dataset,
year = 2025,
publisher = GitHub cloud storage,
url =
github.com
Contact
For inquiries or contributions, please contact: osigbe16@gmail.com; WhatsApps: +2348162858997