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   data_files:
   - split: train
     path: data/train-*
+task_categories:
+- automatic-speech-recognition
+tags:
+- cretan
 ---
+
+Cretan is a variety of Modern Greek predominantly used by
+speakers who reside on the island of Crete or belong to the Cretan
+diaspora. This includes communities of Cretan origin that were
+relocated to the village of Hamidieh in Syria and to Western
+Asia Minor, following the population exchange between Greece
+and Turkey in 1923. The historical and geographical factors
+that have shaped the development and preservation of the dialect
+include the long-term isolation of Crete from the mainland, and
+the successive domination of the island by foreign powers, such
+as the Arabs, the Venetians, and the Turks, over a period of seven
+centuries. Cretan has been divided based on its phonological,
+phonetic, morphological, and lexical characteristics into two
+major dialect groups: the western and the eastern. The boundary
+between these groups coincides with the administrative division
+of the island into the prefectures of Rethymno and Heraklion.
+Kontosopoulos argues that the eastern dialect group is more
+homogeneous than the western one, which shows more variation
+across all levels of linguistic analysis. Contrary to other Modern
+Greek Dialects, Cretan does not face the threat of extinction, as
+it remains the sole means of communication for a large number
+of speakers in various parts of the island.
+
+For the compilation of this corpus, a linguist (Socrates Varkitzian) gathered 32 tapes
+containing material from radio broadcasts in digital format, with
+permission from the Audiovisual Department of the Vikelaia
+Municipal Library of Heraklion, Crete. These broadcasts were
+recorded and aired by Radio Mires, in the Messara region of
+Heraklion, during the period 1998-2001, totaling 958 minutes
+and 47 seconds. These recordings primarily consist of narratives
+by one speaker, Ioannis Anagnostakis, who is responsible for
+their composition. In terms of textual genre, the linguistic content of the broadcasts consists of folklore narratives expressed in
+the local linguistic variety. Out of the total volume of material
+collected, we utilized nine tapes. Criteria for material selection
+included, on the one hand, maximizing digital clarity of speech
+and, on the other hand, ensuring representative sampling across
+the entire three-year period of radio recordings. To obtain an
+initial transcription, we employed the Large-v2 model, which
+was the largest Whisper model at the time. Subsequently, the
+transcripts were manually corrected in collaboration with the
+local community. The transcription system that was used was
+based on the Greek alphabet and orthography.
+
+This corpus was used in the Interspeech proceedings paper [Speech Recognition for Greek Dialects: A Challenging Benchmark](https://www.isca-archive.org/interspeech_2024/vakirtzian24_interspeech.html).
+The paper presented a comprehensive study of automatic speech recognition (ASR) for low-resource Greek varieties, focusing on the unique challenges posed by dialects.