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  CLE Urdu Digest Corpus 100K [ Pakistan ] [ International ]
   
 
Source: Urdu Digest
CLE Catalog #: CLE12T001
Release Date: 22 June 2012
Data Type: Text
Language(s): Urdu
Distribution: 1 DVD, Web Download
Processing Fee (Pakistan): 30000 PKR
Processing Fee (International): 250 USD
License: Yes
   
  Introduction
  CLE Urdu Digest Corpus is a hundred thousand words collection of written Urdu language from a wide range of domains, designed for the purpose of linguistic research and/or the development of language products. Corpus covers a range of subjects including education, health, politics, international affairs, sports, business, humor and literature. CLE Urdu Digest Corpus is divided into two major categories i.e. Informational (80%) and Imaginative (20%). The Informational part includes texts from letters, interviews, press, religion, sports, culture, entertainment, health and science. The Imaginative part includes texts from short stories and novels, translation of foreign literature and book reviews.
   
  Data Source
  The data for this corpus construction has been taken from Urdu Digest and it ranges between years 2003-2011. Whereas Urdu Digest is a leading general-interest Urdu magazine, with a history of fifty-two years of publication.
   
  Data
  The data is distributed in 348 UTF-8 files and is arranged according to the above mentioned genres. Each file contains minimum three hundred words.
   
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