---
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.