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Tsonga stringlengths 10 490	sentiment stringclasses 2 values
Solomoni u andzise nhundzu yakwe ku tlula ya vanhu hinkwavo lava hanyeke emahlweni ka yena.	Positive
Va ni vana va mune va majaha naswona hinkwavo va le ntiyisweni.	Positive
Nowa a a ri muchumayeri wa leswo lulama kambe vanhu vo tala a va n'wi tekelanga enhlokweni.	Negative
Siku a lunghisaka matilo, a ndzi ri kona; Siku a tsalaka xirhendzevutana exibakabakeni.	Negative
Leyi I Ndhawu Leyi Hi Gandzelaka Yehovha Eka Yona	Positive
Kutani Xikwembu xi endlile vanhu va Midian ku fuma ehenhla ka vona ku ringana nkombo wa malembe.	Negative
Lava va xi chavaka, lavakulu ni lavatsongo,	Positive
Neta Jee Aakhir Humaara Munh Khulwa Hi Diya,	Positive
vanhu va xona lava xanisekaka, va ta tsutsuma va ya tumbela eka wona."	Negative
Eka rungula leri a ku boxiwi munhu wa vunharhu loyi a nga etlhelo ka Xikwembu.	Negative
Tlhandlakambirhi, ha tiyisekisiwa: "Swi ta va fambela kahle lava chavaka Xikwembu xa ntiyiso."	Positive
Mi nga ehleketi leswaku vanhu hinkwavo va ta swi twisisa leswi mi nga ta va dyondzisa swona.	Negative
U pfula voko ra wena u enerisa ku navela ka xilo xin'wana ni xin'wana lexi hanyaka."	Positive
Xana a hi swona leswi a hi ta swi langutela ebukwini leyi humaka eka Xikwembu?	Negative
Xana wa swi twisisa leswaku ha yini Xikwembu xi lovise xitukulwana xexo? - Vanhu a va hombolokile naswona leswi a va swi anakanya a swi "bihile nkarhi hinkwawo."	Negative
Nivusiku voko ra mina a ri tshambulukile naswona ri nga khomiwi hi vusindza;	Positive
U te: "Vutivi bya ntiyiso byi ta andza."	Positive
Xana a mi ti tluli hi risima?"	Negative
Vanhu va Xikwembu va ta hlaseriwa.	Negative
For la He decrees kholo bo hliziyo enzelelo them nga dude nga Him mukela them nga	Positive
Yesu a a ri Mutotiwa, kumbe Muhlawuriwa wa Xikwembu - Murhangeri la tshembisiweke.	Positive
Mudzimu vha ri: "Shango lothe line wa li vhona, ndi do li nea iwe na vhana vhau u swika lini na lini."	Positive
U songo mpfuralela musi wa khombo;	Negative
Mahungu lamanene ya Mfumo wa Xikwembu ma le ku chumayeriweni emisaveni hinkwayo, hilaha Yesu a profeteke hakona.	Positive
Xana a hi vumbiwanga hi Xikwembu xin'we xana?	Negative
Hambiswiritano, khombo ra kona vunghana bya vona ni Xikwembu byi vuye byi hela.	Negative
I buka ma ra tava di ga pota, ma i lolonge vue;	Positive
A ndzi fanele ndzi pfumerile ku va Mbhoni hi nkarhi lowu yi teke yi ta ndzi chumayela!"	Negative
hambiswiritano, a va tlheleli eka HOSI Xikwembu xa vona,	Positive
Un'wana ni un'wana wa vona u ya etindleleni takwe, a va hundzuluki emintileni ya vona.	Positive
Ina, Xikwembu xa swi xiya swiyimo leswi welaka lava xi tshembaka.	Positive
va ta vuya hi ku rhurhumela va huma evupeladyambu;	Positive
loko va rila eka xona, xa va twa kutani xi va ponisa.	Positive
Kambe a va fanele va xi tsundzuka hi siku rihi?	Negative
Hi xona xi vumbeke tinyeleti to kota Gongomela,	Positive
Loko valala va Vaisrayele va vona rirhangu ri tlakuka, va te: 'Hi ta tlhandluka hi ya va dlaya, hi va tshikisa ntirho wo aka.'	Negative
Hilaha a endleke hakona enkarhini wa Nowa, u ta nghenelela etimhakeni ta misava leswaku a herisa vubihi.	Positive
Xanyfiri says:	Negative
ú ta vona vatukulu va yena, a hanya malembe layo tala;	Positive
Hikuva yena u lerisile, kutani swi tumbuluxiwa.	Positive
Kutani Xikwembu xi n'wi be hi nhlokonho, ku nga vuvabyi lebyi vavaka.	Negative
Va ringete ku hlela leswaku ndzi tekana ni munhu la nga riki mupfumeri.	Negative
Va saleni endzhaku hi ku hatlisa, hikuva mi ta va kuma."	Positive
Vakreste va landzele xikombiso xa vona naswona namuntlha hi endla leswi fanaka emavandlheni ya hina.	Positive
U te: "Endlwini ya Tatana ku ni vutshamo byo tala.	Positive
Hi chumayele n'wini wa xitala xexo naswona u ve un'wana wa vanhu vo tala lava amukeleke ntiyiso.	Positive
u nga tikarhati hi ku ya emutini wa makwenu hi siku ra khombo,	Negative
Hikuva yena u ku tiva kahle ku vumbeka ka hina, wa tsundzuka leswaku hi ntshuri."	Negative
Leswi a a ri un'wana wa vadyondzisiwa va Yesu vo sungula, a a endla swikombiso ni swihlamariso leswikulu exikarhi ka vanhu.	Positive
Xikwembu xi kona hinkwako, xi tiva hinkwaswo	Positive
ni mihandzu leyi milaka hi tinguva ta yona,	Positive
Yohane u ta va muprofeta naswona u ta lunghiselela Mesiya ndlela.'	Positive
Kutani nyoka yi ku ka wansati: "Ku fa kona mi nga ka mi nga fi.	Positive
Enkarhini wolowo vanhu va wena va ta pona, un'wana ni un'wana loyi a kumekaka a tsariwe ebukwini."	Positive
hikuva leswi mi swi endlaka swi bihile ngopfu."	Negative
Ndzi rhuma murhumiwa wa mina, u fanele a basisa ndlela emahlweni ka mina.	Positive
U nga "hlayisa mbilu ya wena" hi ndlela yihi naswona u tshama u hambanile ni misava?	Positive
Kambe vatswari va tiva swo tala hi vutomi."	Positive
U nga tshuki u ku: "Hikwalaho ka yini masiku ya khale a ma sasekile ku tlula masiku ya namuntlha xana?"	Negative
Ri te: "Buku leyi yi cinca vutomi!	Positive
Xana a mi si twisisa?	Negative
Vo tala va khorwile leswaku a a dyondzisa ntiyiso naswona va "ve vapfumeri."	Positive
U nyikela vumbhoni malunghana ni Xikwembu ni N'wana xa xona.	Positive
Yakobe a a tiyimiserile ku endla leswi a nga swi kotaka leswaku a katekisiwa hi Xikwembu ku nga khathariseki swihinga.	Positive
Kambe tsundzuka: Hakelo yi ta kumiwa hi lava va nga lan'wiki.	Positive
Ri nga guda mini kha mafulufhedziso a Mudzimu, miano na milanga?	Negative
xana a hi xona xi nga Tata wa n'wina, yena loyi a mi vumbeke ke?	Positive
mihandzu ya wona yi dzudzeka,	Positive
Loyi a tshameke ehenhla ka yona u vuriwa wo Tshembeka ni wa Ntiyiso."	Positive
Phela, xana a va pfumeli leswaku Xikwembu i Hosi Leyi Lawulaka ya vuako hinkwabyo?	Positive
kambe lavo lulama va hakeriwa hi leswinene.	Positive
Kambe vatswari va tiva swo tala hi vutomi"	Positive
Hikokwalaho ndzi byeleni norho lowu kutani ndzi ta swi tiva leswaku mi nga swi kota ku hlavutela nhlamuselo ya wona."	Positive
Hi xitshuketa ku ta ta Hosi ya ntiyiso etempeleni ya Yena, leyi n'wina mi yi lavaka, ni murhumiwa wa ntwanano, loyi mi n'wi tsakelaka."	Positive
Kambe i mani munhu wo lulama ematihlweni ya Xikwembu?	Negative
Solomoni u te: "Ku chava Yehovha i masungulo ya vutivi."	Positive
Esikwini rero va ta tshwa, ku nga ha sali na un'we wa mhamba!	Negative
Loko a nga ri xona Xikwembu, kutani i muhembi, naswona a hi muprofeta, mufundhisi kumbe munhu la chavaka Xikwembu.	Negative
U ta ba paki ya ka, u bulelele ba bañwi ka m'o ni bonezi kacenu,	Positive
Khosi ya longela mulanda mmhi khothoni, u vhuya u swika a tshi lifha mulandu.	Negative
Yi ri: "Xikwembu hi xiviri xi ta va na vona.	Positive
Loko a vitaniwa leswaku a ta va muprofeta, eku sunguleni a a kanakana.	Negative
A ndzi tsakile ku va na vona loko ndzi vuya hi le Macedonia.	Positive
Ha yini swi ri swa nkoka swinene leswaku hi nga rhandzi swilo leswi nga emisaveni?	Negative
Hikuva u ni ndzivalelo wa ntiyiso, leswaku u ta chaviwa."	Positive
Ni tinyeleti hi toxe a ti basanga ematihlweni ya xona.	Negative
esikwini leri xi va kutsuleke eka valala,	Positive
Naswona hi nga xi tsundzuxa switsembiso swa xona eka hina: "Hosi, hi wena la nga te, 'Loko hi kombela hi ta nyikiwa.	Positive
Miyona Ka Bara To Mahrauni	Positive
Tintsumi to lulama ti hetisise vuavanyisi bya Xikwembu ti tlhela ti hundzisela rungula ra vuprofeta ni swileriso, ku katsa ni Nawu wa Muxe.	Positive
Va fanele va lehisa mbilu va rindza siku ra Xikwembu ra ndzihiselo.	Negative
Loyi a nga ni matimba ni vutlhari byo vumba matilo ni misava u fanele a nyike Muxe vutivi lebyi pakanisaka.	Positive
Ha yini ku ri wena ntsena la tshamaka, vanhu hinkwavo va hambeta va yima emahlweni ka wena ku sukela nimixo ku ya fikela nimadyambu?"	Negative
Handle ko kanakana, vanhu vo tano va ta swi xiya leswaku a va sandzanga moya lowo kwetsima wa Xikwembu, naswona a hi vagwinehi.	Positive
Tivutise, 'Xana swi fanerile leswaku hi nkhinsama hi khongela eka munhu un'wana handle ka Muvumbi tlhelo Munyiki wa hina wa vutomi?'	Positive
U lava ku bula ni n'wana wa wena hi mhaka leyi - kambe u ta swi endla njhani?	Negative
Xana hi fanele hi teka tindzimana letimbirhi tanihi vuprofeta byimbirhi lebyi hambaneke kumbe tanihi vuprofeta byin'we lebyi phindhiweke?	Negative
U te: 'A wu ri kwihi loko ndzi endla tilo ni misava?	Negative
ha lati vha mutendaho , hello	Negative
Kambe, leswi a swi nga vuli swona leswaku Xikwembu a xi ta pfumelela vanhu ni n'wana wa xona wa moya la xandzukeke leswaku va tiendlela ku rhandza hi laha ku heleleke.	Positive

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Tsonga Sentiment Corpus

Dataset Description

This dataset contains sentiment-labeled text data in Tsonga for binary sentiment classification (Positive/Negative). Sentiments are extracted and processed from the English meanings of the sentences using DistilBERT for sentiment classification. The dataset is part of a larger collection of African language sentiment analysis resources.

Dataset Statistics

Total samples: 255,067
Positive sentiment: 151905 (59.6%)
Negative sentiment: 103162 (40.4%)

Dataset Structure

Data Fields

Text Column: Contains the original text in Tsonga
sentiment: Sentiment label (Positive or Negative only)

Data Splits

This dataset contains a single split with all the processed data.

Data Processing

The sentiment labels were generated using:

Model: distilbert-base-uncased-finetuned-sst-2-english
Processing: Batch processing with optimization for efficiency
Deduplication: Duplicate entries were removed based on text content
Filtering: Only Positive and Negative sentiments retained for binary classification

Usage

from datasets import load_dataset

# Load the dataset
dataset = load_dataset("michsethowusu/tsonga-sentiments-corpus")

# Access the data
print(dataset['train'][0])

# Check sentiment distribution
from collections import Counter
sentiments = [item['sentiment'] for item in dataset['train']]
print(Counter(sentiments))

Use Cases

This dataset is ideal for:

Binary sentiment classification tasks
Training sentiment analysis models for Tsonga
Cross-lingual sentiment analysis research
African language NLP model development

Citation

If you use this dataset in your research, please cite:

@dataset{tsonga_sentiments_corpus,
  title={Tsonga Sentiment Corpus},
  author={Mich-Seth Owusu},
  year={2025},
  url={https://huggingface.co/datasets/michsethowusu/tsonga-sentiments-corpus}
}

License

This dataset is released under the MIT License.

Contact

For questions or issues regarding this dataset, please open an issue on the dataset repository.

Dataset Creation

Date: 2025-07-02 Processing Pipeline: Automated sentiment analysis using HuggingFace Transformers Quality Control: Deduplication, batch processing optimizations, and binary sentiment filtering applied

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Number of rows:

255,067

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Africa Sentiment Datasets

Collection

The collection contains sentiment-labeled text data for 42 African languages • 43 items • Updated 3 days ago