A collaborative project by Moroccans for Moroccans
Darija Open Dataset is an open source collaborative project for
darija ⇆ English translation.
The project is hosted on GitHub and has already 21K+ entries covering
verbs, nouns, adjectives, sentences, etc.
The Dataset is divided into specialized subcategories such as food, animals,
human body, health, education...
We hope DODa will become a standard resource for researchers, students, and
anyone who is interested in Moroccan Dialect.
1300+
Nouns
21,000+
Entries
1000+
Verbs
10,000+
Sentences
Having advanced IT solutions that are well adapted to the Moroccan context passes inevitably through understanding Moroccan dialect. Hence, darija (Moroccan dialect) should be an active player in the domain of Natural Language Processing (NLP).
However, it turns out that step 0 in any serious engagement with darija in NLP will consist of translating its vocabulary to the widely used and most documented language in this field, namely English.
This open source project aims to be a reference in addressing this issue by providing the largest darija-english vocabulary dataset. We hope for the contribution of Moroccan IT community in order to build a pedestal for any future application of NLP to benefit Moroccan people.
With more than 18K entries, DODa is arguably the largest darija dataset, and we are waiting for your contributions to make it even larger.
Join us and let's contribute together to create the socle for any future NLP application that may help solving Moroccan problems.
“I think, fundamentally, open source does tend to be more stable software. It’s the right way to do things.”
- Linus Torvalds
“The paradigm shift of the ImageNet thinking is that while a lot of people are paying attention to models, let's pay attention to data. Data will redefine how we think about models.”
- Fei-Fei Li
“3awno lfari9.”
- Random Moroccan asking for contributions
