metadata
license: cc-by-4.0
task_categories:
- translation
- token-classification
- text-classification
language:
- so
- en
tags:
- somali
- stem
- low-resource
- nlp
- africa
- biology
- chemistry
- physics
- mathematics
- geography
- education
- terminology
pretty_name: Somali STEM Terminology Dataset
size_categories:
- 1K<n<10K
Somali STEM Terminology Dataset (Sample)
Overview
A bilingual English–Somali terminology dataset covering 5 STEM domains.
This is a 100-row public sample. The full dataset contains 3,000+ terms.
Somali is spoken by 20+ million people but is critically under-represented in AI training data. This is the only known structured Somali STEM lexicon in machine-readable format.
Fields
| Field | Description |
|---|---|
| English | Scientific term in English |
| Somali | Somali translation |
| Subject | Physics / Mathematics / Chemistry / Biology / Geography |
| Source | Historical Somali educational materials |
| definition_en | Definition in English |
| definition_so | Definition in Somali |
| example_en | Usage example in English |
| example_so | Usage example in Somali |
| difficulty_level | basic / intermediate / advanced |
Distribution
| Subject | Rows |
|---|---|
| Physics | 20 |
| Mathematics | 20 |
| Chemistry | 20 |
| Biology | 20 |
| Geography | 20 |
| Total | 100 |
Example
{
"English": "Photosynthesis",
"Somali": "Iftiinka-cunid",
"Subject": "Biology",
"Source": "Historical Somali educational materials",
"definition_en": "The process by which green plants use sunlight, water, and carbon dioxide to produce glucose and oxygen.",
"definition_so": "Habka ay dhirta cagaartu ku isticmaalaan iftiinka qorraxda, biyaha, iyo carbon dioxide si ay u soo saaraan glucose iyo ogsajiin.",
"example_en": "During photosynthesis, a leaf absorbs sunlight and converts water and CO2 into sugar stored for energy.",
"example_so": "Muddada iftiinka-cunidda, caleen waxay nuugtaa iftiinka qorraxda oo u bedeshaa biyaha iyo CO2 sonkor kaydiyay tamarta.",
"difficulty_level": "basic"
}
Use Cases
- Machine translation Somali ↔ English
- NLP for low-resource languages
- STEM education tools for Somalia and diaspora
- Domain-specific fine-tuning of language models
- Named Entity Recognition for scientific text
Source
Compiled and structured from historical Somali educational materials.
Notes
- This repository contains a public sample only
- Full dataset available for research collaboration and licensing upon request
License
CC BY 4.0 — Free to use with attribution, including commercial use.
Contact via HuggingFace for full dataset access and licensing.