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# Colloquial Telugu Dataset

This dataset contains **colloquial Telugu phrases** along with their **standard Telugu translations** and **English equivalents**. It is designed to help train **Telugu language models** with a better understanding of informal and conversational Telugu.

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## 📌 Dataset Overview
- **Name:** Colloquial Telugu Dataset
- **Source:** Collected from native Telugu speakers across different regions.
- **Fields:**
  - `Colloquial_Telugu`: Informal Telugu phrase.
  - `Standard_Telugu`: Formal/standard Telugu translation.
  - `English`: English translation with context.
  - `Source`: Where the phrase was collected from.
  - `Notes`: Additional context (e.g., politeness level, usage scenarios).
  - `Type`: (Optional) Category of the phrase.
  - `Answer`: (Optional) Possible response.
  - `Meaning`: (Optional) Detailed meaning or breakdown.
  - `Author`: (Optional) Contributor's name.

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## 📥 How to Load the Dataset
You can access the dataset directly from Hugging Face using:

```python
from datasets import load_dataset

dataset = load_dataset("ankitha29/telugu-colloquial-corpus")

##🔹 Usage
This dataset can be used for:

Training Telugu Chatbots to understand informal speech.
Fine-tuning LLMs for better Telugu conversational understanding.
Text Normalization Tasks converting colloquial to formal Telugu.
Machine Translation improvements for Telugu.

##🏆 Contribution
If you want to add more phrases or improve translations, feel free to contribute by submitting a pull request!

##contacts
ravellaankitha2006@gmail.com
6305604176-ph.no