ckb-textify 4.0.1

A comprehensive Text Normalization library for Central Kurdish (Sorani).

ckb-textify

ckb-textify is an industrial-strength Text Normalization and Transliteration library designed specifically for Central Kurdish (Sorani).

It transforms "messy" real-world text (mixed languages, symbols, math, codes) into clean, spoken Kurdish text, making it the perfect pre-processor for Text-to-Speech (TTS) and NLP models.

🚀 Live Demo

Try the library instantly without installing anything: 👉 Click here to open the Live App

🔮 Next Step: Phonemization (G2P)

This library handles normalization (Text-to-Text). If you need Phonemization (Text-to-Sounds/IPA) for building a TTS model, check out the companion project:

🦁 ckb-g2p (Central Kurdish Grapheme-to-Phoneme)

• GitHub: RazwanSiktany/ckb_g2p

• Live Demo: ckb-g2p.streamlit.app

📦 Installation

pip install ckb-textify

Dependencies:

• eng-to-ipa: For accurate English pronunciation.

• anyascii: For universal transliteration (Chinese, Russian, etc.).

⚡ Usage

from ckb_textify import convert_all

text = """
سڵاو، پەیوەندی بکە بە 07501234567.
نرخی زێڕ ≈ $2500.
کۆدەکە A1-B2 یە.
سڵاو لە Peter و Xi Jinping.
"""

normalized = convert_all(text)

print(normalized)

# Output:
# سڵاو, پەیوەندی بکە بە سفر حەوت سەد و پەنجا سەد و بیست و سێ چل و پێنج شەست و حەوت.
# نرخی زێڕ نزیکەی دوو هەزار و پێنج سەد دۆلار یە.
# کۆدەکە ئەی یەک داش بی دوو یە.
# سڵاو لە پیتەر و سی جینپینگ.

🌟 Features (v4.0.1)

1. 🌍 Universal Script Support

Transliterates almost any language into Sorani script using a "Latin Bridge" technique.

• Chinese: 你好 → نی هاو

• Russian: Путин → پوتین

• Greek: Χαίρετε → چایرێت

• German/French: Handles accents (Straẞe → ستراسسە, République → ڕیپەبلیک).

2. ➗ Advanced Math & Science

• Scientific Notation: 5e-23 → پێنج جارانی دە توانی سالب بیست و سێ

• Functions: ln 4 → لۆگاریتمی سروشتی چوار

• Context-Aware: Distinguishes Division (7/6) from Rates (km/h).

3. 📞 Smart Phone Numbers

Handles Iraqi/Kurdish formats with intelligent grouping (4-3-2-2).

• 07501234567 → سفر حەوت سەد و پەنجا...

• +964... → کۆ نۆ سەد و شەست و چوار...

4. 🔡 English Transliteration (IPA)

Uses the International Phonetic Alphabet to pronounce English words correctly.

• Phone → فۆن (Not "پھۆنە")

• Google → گووگڵ

• Acronyms: GPT → جی پی تی

5. 💻 Web & Technical

Reads technical strings character-by-character.

• Emails: [e-mail] → ئای ئێن ئێف ئۆ ئەت جیمەیڵ دۆت کۆم

• URLs: www.razwan.net → دابڵیو دابڵیو دابڵیو دۆت ئاڕ ئەی زێت یو ئەی ئێن دۆت نێت

• Codes: A1-B2 → ئەی یەک داش بی دوو

6. 📏 Units & Measurements

Solves ambiguity between units and nouns.

• 10m → دە مەتر (Unit) vs m → m (Noun/Letter)

• 120km/h → سەد و بیست کیلۆمەتر بۆ هەر کاتژمێرێک

🎛️ Configuration

ckb-textify is fully configurable. You can enable or disable specific normalization modules by passing a dictionary to convert_all.

Default Configuration

By default, all features are enabled (True), and the diacritics mode is set to "convert".

Here is the full list of available options:

config = {
    # --- Foundational ---
    "normalize_characters": True,   # Unify letters (ی, ک, ه)
    "normalize_digits": True,       # Convert ١٢٣ -> 123

    # --- Diacritics & Harakat ---
    "diacritics_mode": "convert",   # Options: "convert" (Fatha->ە), "remove", "keep"
    "shadda_mode": "double",        # Options: "double" (مّ -> مم), "remove"
    "remove_tatweel": True,         # Remove elongation character (ـ)

    # --- Expansion Modules ---
    "date_time": True,              # Dates and Times
    "phone_numbers": True,          # Phone numbers grouping
    "units": True,                  # Unit expansion (kg, m, cm...)
    "per_rule": True,               # Rates (km/h -> ... bo her ...)
    "math": True,                   # Math operations (+, -, scientific)
    "currency": True,               # Currency symbols ($, IQD)
    "percentage": True,             # Percentages (%, ٪)

    # --- Textual Features ---
    "web": True,                    # URLs and Emails
    "technical": True,              # Technical codes (UUID, MAC)
    "abbreviations": True,          # Expand abbr (د. -> دکتۆر)
    "arabic_names": True,           # Normalize names (محمد -> موحەمەد)
    "latin": True,                  # Transliterate English/Latin text
    "foreign": True,                # Transliterate other scripts (Chinese, Russian)
    "symbols": True,                # Common symbols (@, #, &)

    # --- Number Types ---
    "decimals": True,               # Decimal numbers
    "integers": True                # Integer numbers
}

# Example: Disable phone numbers and change diacritics mode
convert_all(text, config={"phone_numbers": False, "diacritics_mode": "remove"})

🤝 Contributing

Contributions are widely welcomed! If you have ideas for new rules, found a bug, or want to add support for more units, please feel free to open a Pull Request.

1. Fork the repository on GitHub.

2. Clone your fork locally.

3. Create a new branch for your feature (git checkout -b feature/amazing-feature).

4. Run Tests to ensure everything is working (python -m unittest discover tests).

5. Commit your changes.

6. Push to the branch and open a Pull Request.

🤝 Author

Razwan M. Haji

• GitHub: RazwanSiktany

📄 License

This project is licensed under the MIT License.