---
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
```json
{
  "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.