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---
dataset_info:
  features:
  - name: conversations
    list:
    - name: from
      dtype: string
    - name: value
      dtype: string
  splits:
  - name: train
    num_bytes: 328319793
    num_examples: 176999
  download_size: 164159896
  dataset_size: 328319793
configs:
- config_name: default
  data_files:
  - split: train
    path: data/train-*
language:
- sn
license: apache-2.0
task_categories:
- text-generation
- question-answering
pretty_name: Code-170k-shona
size_categories:
- 100K<n<1M
tags:
- code
- programming
- sn
- shona
- african-languages
- low-resource
- multilingual
- instruction-tuning
---

## Dataset Description

**Code-170k-shona** is a groundbreaking dataset containing 176,999 programming conversations, originally sourced from [glaiveai/glaive-code-assistant-v2](https://huggingface.co/datasets/glaiveai/glaive-code-assistant) and translated into Shona, making coding education accessible to Shona speakers.

### 🌟 Key Features

- **176,999 high-quality conversations** about programming and coding
- **Pure Shona language** - democratizing coding education
- **Multi-turn dialogues** covering various programming concepts
- **Diverse topics**: algorithms, data structures, debugging, best practices, and more
- **Ready for instruction tuning** of Large Language Models

### 🎯 Use Cases

- Training Shona-language coding assistants
- Building educational tools for Shona developers
- Researching multilingual code generation
- Creating programming tutorials in Shona
- Supporting low-resource language AI development

## Dataset Structure

### Data Fields

- `conversations`: A list of conversation turns, where each turn contains:
  - `from`: The speaker (`"human"` or `"gpt"`)
  - `value`: The message content in Shona

### Example

```python
{
  "conversations": [
    {
      "from": "human",
      "value": "[Question in Shona]"
    },
    {
      "from": "gpt",
      "value": "[Answer in Shona]"
    }
  ]
}
```

## Usage

### Loading the Dataset

```python
from datasets import load_dataset

# Load the dataset
dataset = load_dataset("michsethowusu/Code-170k-shona")

# Access training data
train_data = dataset['train']

# Example: Print first conversation
for turn in train_data[0]['conversations']:
    print(f"{turn['from']}: {turn['value']}")
```

## Citation

```bibtex
@dataset{code170k_shona,
  title={Code-170k-shona: Programming Conversations in Shona},
  year={2025},
  publisher={Hugging Face},
  url={https://huggingface.co/datasets/michsethowusu/Code-170k-shona}
}
```

## License

This dataset is released under the Apache 2.0 License.

---

**Thank you** for using Code-170k-shona to advance programming education in Shona! 🌍✨