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---
license: mit
language:
- en # English
- sn # Shona
tags:
- translation
- bible
- parallel-corpus
- religious-text
---
# English-Shona Bible Verse Dataset
This dataset contains parallel English (en) and Shona (sn) Bible verses from Genesis (Genesisi) to Revelations (Zvakazarurwa).
## Dataset Description
This dataset is a full parallel corpus of English and Shona (sn) Bible verses.
* **Languages:** English (en), Shona (sn)
* **Data Format:** JSON
* **Size:** 62049 entries
## Dataset Structure
The dataset is stored in a JSON file named `dataset.json`. Each entry is a dictionary with the following structure:
```json
{
"en": "In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.",
"sn": "Pakutanga Mwari akasika denga nenyika."
}
```
## Citation
**Original Citation:**
This dataset is adapted from **OPUS**, originally
created by **Christos Christodoulopoulos and Mark Steedman** and available at **https://opus.nlpl.eu/bible-uedin/sn&en/v1/bible-uedin** under **CC0 1.0 License**.
This version has been reformatted for Hugging Face datasets by **Dzinaishe Mpini**, but the content remains the same.