crk-orthography 0.20181010.0

Convert between Plains Cree SRO and syllabics

Plains Cree Orthography

Python 3 library and command line programs to convert between nêhiyawêwin/ᓀᐦᐃᔭᐍᐏᐣ (Plains Cree Y-dialect) standard Roman Orthography (SRO) to syllabics and back again!

Install

pip install crk-orthography

Usage

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As a Python module

Convert SRO to syllabics:

>>> from crk_orthography import sro2syllabics
>>> sro2syllabics('nêhiyawêwin')
'ᓀᐦᔭᐍᐏᐣ'
>>> sro2syllabics('write nêhiyawêwin')
'write ᓀᐦᐃᔭᐍᐏᐣ'

Convert syllabics to SRO:

>>> from crk_orthography import syllabics2sro
>>> syllabics2sro('ᐊᒋᒧᓯᐢ')
'acimosis'
>>> syllabics2sro(' → ᒪᐢᑫᑯᓯᕽ  ᑎᕒᐁᕀᓬ ')
' → maskêkosihk  tireyl '

On the command line

crk_orthography installs two command line programs:

sro2syllabics

Use this to convert text from a file or from stdin to syllabics.

$ echo "minôs" | sro2syllabics
ᒥᓅᐢ
$ sro2syllabics my-file-in-sro.txt
ᒥᓅᐢ

For more information over its options, type:

sro2syllabics --help

syllabics2sro

Use this to convert text from a file or from stdin to SRO.

$ echo "ᒥᓅᐢ" | syllabics2sro
minôs
$ syllabics2sro my-file-in-syllabics.txt
minôs
$ syllabics2sro --macrons my-file-in-syllabics.txt
minōs

For more information over its options, type:

syllabics2sro --help

See also

nêhiyawêwin syllabics

License

Copyright (C) 2018 Eddie Antonio Santos

This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU Affero General Public License for more details.

You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License along with this program. If not, see http://www.gnu.org/licenses/.