Uzbek CV dictionary v2.0.0#
@misc{Ahn_Chodroff_2022,
author={Ahn, Emily and Chodroff, Eleanor},
title={VoxCommunis Corpus},
address={\url{https://osf.io/t957v}},
publisher={OSF},
year={2022},
month={Jan}
}
Acoustic models |
Installation#
Install from the MFA command line:
mfa model download dictionary uzbek_cv
Or download from the release page.
Intended use#
This dictionary is intended for forced alignment of Uzbek transcripts.
This dictionary uses the Epitran phone set for Uzbek, and was used in training the Uzbek Epitran acoustic model. Pronunciations can be added on top of the dictionary, as long as no additional phones are introduced.
Performance Factors#
When trying to get better alignment accuracy, adding pronunciations is generally helpful, especially for different styles and dialects. The most impactful improvements will generally be seen when adding reduced variants that involve deleting segments/syllables common in spontaneous speech. Alignment must include all phones specified in the pronunciation of a word, and each phone has a minimum duration (by default 10ms). If a speaker pronounces a multisyllabic word with just a single syllable, it can be hard for MFA to fit all the segments in, so it will lead to alignment errors on adjacent words as well.
Ethical considerations#
Deploying any Speech-to-Text model into any production setting has ethical implications. You should consider these implications before use.
Demographic Bias#
You should assume every machine learning model has demographic bias unless proven otherwise. For pronunciation dictionaries, it is often the case that transcription accuracy and lexicon coverage for the prestige variety modeled in this dictionary compared to other variants. If you are using this dictionary in production, you should acknowledge this as a potential issue.
IPA Charts#
Consonants#
Obstruent symbols to the left of are unvoiced and those to the right are voiced.
Manner |
Labial |
Labiodental |
Dental |
Alveolar |
Alveopalatal |
Palatal |
Velar |
Uvular |
Glottal |
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Nasal |
Occurrences: 214 Examples: * so'm: [s o m] * mavzu: [m a v z u] * ham: [h a m] * qaram: [q a r a m] |
Occurrences: 344 Examples: * oltin: [ɒ l t̪ i n] * o'n: [o n] * necha: [n e t͡ʃ a] * uyni: [u j n i] |
Occurrences: 50 Examples: * bunga: [b u ŋ a] * uning: [u n i ŋ] * o'ng: [o ŋ] * teng: [t̪ e ŋ] |
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Stop |
Occurrences: 35 Examples: * sopol: [s ɒ p ɒ l] * parvo: [p a r v ɒ] * gap: [ɡ a p] * gapi: [ɡ a p i] Occurrences: 201 Examples: * qolib: [q ɒ l i b] * buni: [b u n i] * bois: [b ɒ i s] * kutib: [k u t̪ i b] |
Occurrences: 315 Examples: * oltin: [ɒ l t̪ i n] * tog': [t̪ ɒ ʁ] * olti: [ɒ l t̪ i] * taxta: [t̪ a χ t̪ a] Occurrences: 269 Examples: * dod: [d̪ ɒ d̪] * aldov: [a l d̪ ɒ v] * dedi: [d̪ e d̪ i] * juda: [d͡ʒ u d̪ a] |
Occurrences: 179 Examples: * nikoh: [n i k ɒ h] * kutib: [k u t̪ i b] * yuk: [j u k] * tark: [t̪ a r k] Occurrences: 156 Examples: * ishga: [i ʃ ɡ a] * sigir: [s i ɡ i r] * agar: [a ɡ a r] * go'yo: [ɡ o j ɒ] |
Occurrences: 176 Examples: * qolib: [q ɒ l i b] * qaram: [q a r a m] * qayta: [q a j t̪ a] * ovqat: [ɒ v q a t̪] |
Occurrences: 11 Examples: * ya'ni: [j a ʔ n i] |
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Affricate |
Occurrences: 4 Examples: |
Occurrences: 55 Examples: * hech: [h e t͡ʃ] * necha: [n e t͡ʃ a] * uchun: [u t͡ʃ u n] * o'ch: [o t͡ʃ] Occurrences: 25 Examples: * juvon: [d͡ʒ u v ɒ n] * juda: [d͡ʒ u d̪ a] * javob: [d͡ʒ a v ɒ b] * jihat: [d͡ʒ i h a t̪] |
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Sibilant |
Occurrences: 178 Examples: * so'm: [s o m] * sof: [s ɒ ɸ] * safar: [s a ɸ a r] * sol.: [s ɒ l] Occurrences: 84 Examples: * mavzu: [m a v z u] * tez: [t̪ e z] * hozir: [h ɒ z i r] * yozma: [j ɒ z m a] |
Occurrences: 147 Examples: * ishga: [i ʃ ɡ a] * shaxs: [ʃ a χ s] * shu: [ʃ u] * besh: [b e ʃ] |
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Fricative |
Occurrences: 36 Examples: * sof: [s ɒ ɸ] * safar: [s a ɸ a r] * fikr: [ɸ i k r] * foyda: [ɸ ɒ j d̪ a] |
Occurrences: 60 Examples: * mavzu: [m a v z u] * aldov: [a l d̪ ɒ v] * juvon: [d͡ʒ u v ɒ n] * ovqat: [ɒ v q a t̪] |
Occurrences: 44 Examples: * shaxs: [ʃ a χ s] * taxta: [t̪ a χ t̪ a] * xunuk: [χ u n u k] * xalq: [χ a l q] Occurrences: 19 Examples: * tog': [t̪ ɒ ʁ] |
Occurrences: 70 Examples: * hech: [h e t͡ʃ] * nikoh: [n i k ɒ h] * ham: [h a m] * hozir: [h ɒ z i r] |
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Approximant |
Occurrences: 210 Examples: * uyni: [u j n i] * sinay: [s i n a j] * yuk: [j u k] * ya'ni: [j a ʔ n i] |
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Trill |
Occurrences: 381 Examples: * safar: [s a ɸ a r] * sigir: [s i ɡ i r] * o'rta: [o r t̪ a] * biri: [b i r i] |
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Lateral |
Occurrences: 413 Examples: * oltin: [ɒ l t̪ i n] * sol.: [s ɒ l] * aldov: [a l d̪ ɒ v] * qolib: [q ɒ l i b] |
Vowels#
Vowel symbols to the left of are unrounded and those to the right are rounded.
Front |
Near-Front |
Central |
Near-Back |
Back |
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Close |
Occurrences: 891 Examples: * oltin: [ɒ l t̪ i n] * ishga: [i ʃ ɡ a] * uyni: [u j n i] * qolib: [q ɒ l i b] |
Occurrences: 181 Examples: * mavzu: [m a v z u] * uyni: [u j n i] * buni: [b u n i] * uchun: [u t͡ʃ u n] |
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Close-Mid |
Occurrences: 133 Examples: * hech: [h e t͡ʃ] * necha: [n e t͡ʃ a] * dedi: [d̪ e d̪ i] * emas,: [e m a s] |
Occurrences: 103 Examples: * o'n: [o n] * so'm: [s o m] * o'rta: [o r t̪ a] * o'ch: [o t͡ʃ] |
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Open-Mid |
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Open |
Occurrences: 1,015 Examples: * ishga: [i ʃ ɡ a] * mavzu: [m a v z u] * safar: [s a ɸ a r] * aldov: [a l d̪ ɒ v] |
Occurrences: 369 Examples: * oltin: [ɒ l t̪ i n] * sof: [s ɒ ɸ] * dod: [d̪ ɒ d̪] * sol.: [s ɒ l] |