---
language:
- fr
- gcf
license: cc-by-4.0
task_categories:
- translation
size_categories:
- 1K<n<10K
tags:
- guadeloupean-creole
- french
- low-resource-language
- caribbean
pretty_name: Guadeloupean Creole-French Translation Dataset
---

# Guadeloupean Creole-French Translation Dataset

## Dataset Description

This dataset contains 2,058 translation pairs between French and Guadeloupean Creole (Kreyòl Gwadloup) as part of the POTOMITAN project.

### Languages
- French (fr)
- Guadeloupean Creole (gcf)

### Dataset Structure

The dataset is in JSON format with the following structure:

```json
[
  {
    "id": 1,
    "fr": "French text",
    "gcf": "Creole text",
    "section": "category",
    "emergency_context": boolean
  }
]
```

### Fields
- `id`: Unique identifier
- `fr`: French text
- `gcf`: Guadeloupean Creole translation
- `section`: Category (assimil_lesson, medical_emergency, etc.)
- `emergency_context`: Boolean indicating if this is emergency-related content

### Statistics
- Total pairs: 2,058
- Emergency contexts: 9
- Categories: multiple (assimil_lesson, medical_emergency, natural_disaster, basic_needs)

### Dataset Sources
- Assimil language lessons
- Emergency phrase translations
- Common conversational expressions

### Potential Applications
- Machine translation systems
- Language learning applications
- Emergency response systems
- Cultural preservation initiatives
- Linguistic research

## Usage

```python
import json

with open('gcf_fr_translation_dataset.json', 'r', encoding='utf-8') as f:
    data = json.load(f)

for pair in data['pairs']:
    print(f"French: {pair['fr']}")
    print(f"Creole: {pair['gcf']}")
```

## Citation

If you use this dataset, please cite:

```
@dataset{potomitan_gcf_fr_2024,
  title={Guadeloupean Creole-French Translation Dataset},
  author={POTOMITAN Project},
  year={2024},
  publisher={Hugging Face}
}
```

## License

This dataset is licensed under CC BY 4.0.

## Contact

For questions or collaboration, please contact the POTOMITAN project team:
- GitHub: https://github.com/Brdcie/creoles-translation

## Acknowledgments

Special thanks to all contributors who helped collect and verify these translations.