kaalin 3.3.2

Karakalpak language toolkit for Python — Latin/Cyrillic script conversion, number-to-words, and string utilities

Kaalin

A Python toolkit for the Karakalpak language: Latin-Cyrillic script conversion, number-to-words, and locale-aware string operations. Zero dependencies.

Quick Start

pip install kaalin

from kaalin.converter import latin2cyrillic, cyrillic2latin

print(latin2cyrillic("Assalawma áleykum"))  # Ассалаўма әлейкум
print(cyrillic2latin("Ассалаўма әлейкум"))  # Assalawma áleykum

Supported Features

Feature	Description
Script Conversion	Bidirectional Latin ↔ Cyrillic conversion with multi-character mapping (sh→ш, ch→ч) and special Cyrillic rules (ьи→yi, ьо→yo, ъе→ye)
Number to Words	Converts integers and floats to Karakalpak words in Latin or Cyrillic script. Supports range 0 to 10³⁰, negative numbers, and decimal fractions
String Utilities	Karakalpak-aware upper() / lower() that correctly handle the dotless ı ↔ Í character pair
CLI Tools	cyr2lat and lat2cyr commands for converting text files from the terminal

API Reference

Script Conversion

from kaalin.converter import latin2cyrillic, cyrillic2latin

latin2cyrillic("Qaraqalpaqstan")    # Қарақалпақстан
cyrillic2latin("Қарақалпақстан")    # Qaraqalpaqstan

Both functions accept a str and return a str. The converter handles uppercase, lowercase, and mixed-case text.

Number to Words

from kaalin.number import to_word, NumberRangeError

to_word(123)                     # bir júz jigirma úsh
to_word(999, num_type="cyr")     # тоғыз жүз тоқсан тоғыз
to_word(12.75)                   # on eki pútin júzden jetpis bes
to_word(-42)                     # minus qırıq eki

Parameters:

• number (int | float) — the number to convert
• num_type (str) — output script: "lat" (default) or "cyr"

Raises: NumberRangeError if number exceeds 10³⁰.

String Utilities

from kaalin.string import upper, lower

upper("Assalawma áleykum")   # ASSALAWMA ÁLEYKUM
lower("ASSALAWMA ÁLEYKUM")   # assalawma áleykum

Python's built-in str.upper() / str.lower() does not handle the Karakalpak dotless ı correctly. These functions fix that.

CLI Usage

Convert text files between scripts directly from the terminal:

# Cyrillic → Latin
cyr2lat input.txt              # writes input-lat.txt
cyr2lat input.txt output.txt   # writes output.txt

# Latin → Cyrillic
lat2cyr input.txt              # writes input-cyr.txt
lat2cyr input.txt output.txt   # writes output.txt

When to Use Kaalin

• Converting Karakalpak text between Latin and Cyrillic scripts
• Displaying numbers as Karakalpak words (invoices, checks, education)
• NLP preprocessing for Karakalpak text (script normalization)
• Building Karakalpak-language applications that need locale-aware string operations
• Batch-converting text files via CLI

When NOT to Use Kaalin

• Not a translator — it converts scripts (Latin ↔ Cyrillic), not languages
• Not a spell-checker — it does not validate or correct Karakalpak text
• Not for other Turkic languages — Kazakh, Uzbek, Turkish, etc. have different alphabets and rules
• Not an OCR tool — it works with digital text, not images