OPEN INFRASTRUCTURE FOR ETHIOPIAN LANGUAGE AI

The future of AI speaks Ethiopian Amharic Oromifa Tigrinya Somali Sidamo Wolaytta

Dataset.ET is an open dataset initiative building speech, text, and translation datasets for 80+ Ethiopian languages to enable AI research and language technology.

4+

LANGUAGES

1,000,000+

SENTENCES

OUR MISSION

Preserving languages.

Powering intelligence.

Every language carries a universe of knowledge. No language should be left behind as the world moves towards AI.

Safeguard 80+ Languages

Every Ethiopian language carries centuries of knowledge, poetry, and identity. We create high- quality datasets that ensure no language faces digital extinction.

80+ languages at risk

Train Smarter AI

From Amharic Ge'ez script to Oromo grammar, our corpus enables AI to understand, speak, and reason in Ethiopian language with true fluency.

Zero languages left behind

Community-Owned Data

Open infrastructure built by researchers, developers, and language enthusiasts across Ethiopia. Your data, your rules, your future.

Open source

LANGUAGES

Teaching AI to understand Ethiopia

Building high-quality datasets to train the next generation of Ethiopian AI models, expanding to more every quarter.

01

Amharic

አማርኛ

500k+

Semitic

Ge'ez script

02

Afaan Oromo

Afaan Oromoo

450k+

Cushitic

Latin script

03

Somali

Af Soomaali

200k+

Cushitic

Latin script

04

Tigrinya

ትግርኛ

200k+

Semitic

Ge'ez script

05

Sidamo

Sidaamu Afoo

Coming soon

Cushitic

Latin script

06

Wolaytta

Wolaytta

Coming soon

Omotic

Latin script

+74 more languages on our roadmap

HOW IT WORKS

From contribution to AI

Every contribution, no matter how small, helps bridge the gap between Ethiopian languages and artificial intelligence.

1

Contribute

Submit sentences, paragraphs, or documents in your native Ethiopian language through our portal.

2

Validate

Community reviewers verify every contribution for quality, accuracy, and linguistic structure.

3

Structure

Validated data is cleaned, annotated, and stored in our open-access corpus with full attribution.

4

Power AI

Researchers and developers use the corpus to train models that understand Ethiopian languages

COMMUNITY

Built by Ethiopians, for everyone.

Volunteers, researchers, linguists, and developers who believe in the power of language technology for Ethiopia.

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Contributors

Donate your voice, translate text, and help expand our datasets across multiple Ethiopian languages.

Validators

Ensure quality by reviewing and verifying submitted audio and text contributions.

Developers

Build innovative AI tools and models using our open-source datasets and APIs.

Linguists

Provide expert guidance on grammar, phonetics, and cultural nuances of Ethiopian languages.

GET INVOLVED

Your language matters.

Help us teach AI.

Every sentence you contribute builds the open infrastructure that will power Ethiopian AI for generations. No technical skill required.

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