Somali corpora

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Språkbanken Text. Somali corpora [Data set]. Språkbanken Text. https://doi.org/10.23695/z3wr-3864

A collection of Somali corpora

The content of the somalic Korp consists to the largest part of news articles, but school books from Mogadishu, Hargeysa and Jigjiga is another important part.

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Access	Platform	Licence
https://spraakbanken.gu.se/korp/?mode=somali		CC-BY-4.0

Datasets in this collection

Resource	Type	Language	Access
Af Soomaali 1993-94	Corpus	Somali	Dataset: somali-1993-94.xml.bz2 2024-01-04 – 19.45 KB – CC-BY-4.0 Explore in:
Af-Soomaali 2016 Somaliland	Corpus	Somali	Dataset: somali-as-2016.xml.bz2 2024-01-04 – 109.54 KB – CC-BY-4.0 Explore in:
Somali Wikipedia Corpus of Somali Wikipedia	Corpus	Somali	Dataset: wikipedia-so.xml.bz2 2016-10-27 – 2.34 MB – CC-BY-4.0 Word statistics: stats_WIKIPEDIA-SO.txt.zip 2025-04-22 – 548.53 KB – CC-BY-4.0 Explore in:
Somali: Af Soomaali 1971-79	Corpus	Somali	Dataset: somali-1971-79.xml.bz2 2023-02-17 – 135.14 KB – CC-BY-4.0 Explore in:
Somali: Af-Soomaali 2001 Somaliland	Corpus	Somali	Dataset: somali-as-2001.xml.bz2 2021-08-27 – 113.01 KB – CC-BY-4.0 Explore in:
Somali: Af-Soomaali 2001 Soomaaliya	Corpus	Somali	Dataset: somali-2001.xml.bz2 2023-02-17 – 288.17 KB – CC-BY-4.0 Explore in:
Somali: Afka Hooyo 2010–19 Iswiidhan	Corpus	Somali	Dataset: somali-ah-2010-19.xml.bz2 2021-08-30 – 65.49 KB – CC-BY-4.0 Explore in:
Somali: Caafimaad 1972–79	Corpus	Somali	Dataset: somali-caafimaad-1972-79.xml.bz2 2021-08-30 – 38.92 KB – CC-BY-4.0 Explore in:
Somali: Cilmi-Afeed	Corpus	Somali	Dataset: somali-cilmi.xml.bz2 2021-08-27 – 683.26 KB – CC-BY-4.0 Explore in:
Somali: Cilmiga Bulshada 1971–1980	Corpus	Somali	Dataset: somali-cb.xml.bz2 2018-03-12 – 212.86 KB – CC-BY-4.0 Word statistics: stats_SOMALI-CB.txt.zip 2025-04-22 – 62.33 KB – CC-BY-4.0 Explore in:
Somali: Cilmiga Bulshada 2001-03 Soomaaliya	Corpus	Somali	Dataset: somali-cb-2001-03-soomaaliya.xml.bz2 2021-08-27 – 159.48 KB – CC-BY-4.0 Explore in:
Somali: Cilmiga Bulshada 2016 Somaliland	Corpus	Somali	Dataset: somali-cb-2016.xml.bz2 2021-08-27 – 179.66 KB – CC-BY-4.0 Explore in:
Somali: Kitaabka Quduuska Ah	Corpus	Somali	Dataset: somali-kqa.xml.bz2 2016-09-29 – 1.67 MB – CC-BY-4.0 Word statistics: stats_SOMALI-KQA.txt.zip 2025-04-22 – 233.75 KB – CC-BY-4.0 Explore in:
Somali: Maaddooyinka Kale 1972–79	Corpus	Somali	Dataset: somali-mk-1972-79.xml.bz2 2021-08-27 – 45.99 KB – CC-BY-4.0 Explore in:
Somali: Raadiyaha Denmark 2014	Corpus	Somali	Dataset: somali-radioden2014.xml.bz2 2016-09-29 – 399.81 KB – CC-BY-4.0 Word statistics: stats_SOMALI-RADIODEN2014.txt.zip 2025-04-22 – 116.98 KB – CC-BY-4.0 Explore in:
Somali: Raadiyaha Iswiidhan 2014	Corpus	Somali	Dataset: somali-radioswe2014.xml.bz2 2016-09-29 – 598.92 KB – CC-BY-4.0 Word statistics: stats_SOMALI-RADIOSWE2014.txt.zip 2025-04-22 – 149.41 KB – CC-BY-4.0 Explore in:
Somali: Saynis 1980–89	Corpus	Somali	Dataset: somali-saynis-1980-89.xml.bz2 2021-08-27 – 96.67 KB – CC-BY-4.0 Explore in:
Somali: Sheekooyin Carruureed	Corpus	Somali	Dataset: somali-sheekooyin.xml.bz2 2021-08-27 – 85.91 KB – CC-BY-4.0 Explore in:
Somali: Sheekooyin Carruureed (Turjuman)	Corpus	Somali	Dataset: somali-sheekooyin-carruureed.xml.bz2 2021-08-30 – 43.72 KB – CC-BY-4.0 Explore in:
Somali: Sheekooyin Gaagaaban	Corpus	Somali	Dataset: somali-sheekooying.xml.bz2 2021-08-27 – 628.9 KB – CC-BY-4.0 Explore in:
Somali: Suugaan	Corpus	Somali	Dataset: somali-suugaan.xml.bz2 2017-11-27 – 364.94 KB – CC-BY-4.0 Word statistics: stats_SOMALI-SUUGAAN.txt.zip 2025-04-22 – 118.59 KB – CC-BY-4.0 Explore in:
Somali: Suugaan (Turjuman)	Corpus	Somali	Dataset: somali-suugaan-turjuman.xml.bz2 2021-08-27 – 27.26 KB – CC-BY-4.0 Explore in:
Somali: Suugaan 2	Corpus	Somali	Dataset: somali-suugaan2.xml.bz2 2022-12-15 – 7.13 MB – CC-BY-4.0 Explore in:
Somali: Taariikh iyo Dhaqan (Turjuman)	Corpus	Somali	Dataset: somali-tid-turjuman.xml.bz2 2021-08-30 – 108.74 KB – CC-BY-4.0 Explore in:
Somali: Xisaab 2001 Soomaaliya	Corpus	Somali	Dataset: somali-xisaab-2001-nayroobi.xml.bz2 2021-08-27 – 138.5 KB – CC-BY-4.0 Explore in:
Somali: Xisaab 2016 Somaliland	Corpus	Somali	Dataset: somali-xisaab-2016-somaliland.xml.bz2 2021-08-27 – 117.01 KB – CC-BY-4.0 Explore in:

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