kokorog2p 0.2.2

A unified G2P (Grapheme-to-Phoneme) library for Kokoro TTS

kokorog2p

A unified multi-language G2P (Grapheme-to-Phoneme) library for Kokoro TTS.

kokorog2p converts text to phonemes optimized for the Kokoro text-to-speech system. It provides:

• Multi-language support: English (US/GB), German, French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese (Brazilian), Czech, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Hebrew
• Mixed-language detection: Automatically detect and handle mixed-language texts (e.g., German text with English words)
• Dictionary-based lookup with comprehensive lexicons
  • English: 179k+ entries (gold tier), 187k+ silver tier (both loaded by default)
  • German: 738k+ entries from Olaph/IPA-Dict
  • French: Gold-tier dictionary
  • Portuguese (Brazilian): Rule-based with affrication support
  • Italian, Spanish: Rule-based with small lexicons
  • Czech, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Hebrew: Rule-based and specialized engines
• Flexible memory usage: Control dictionary loading with load_silver and load_gold parameters
  • Disable silver: saves ~22-31 MB
  • Disable both: saves ~50+ MB for ultra-fast initialization
• espeak-ng integration as a fallback for out-of-vocabulary words
• Automatic IPA to Kokoro phoneme conversion
• Number and currency handling for supported languages
• Stress assignment based on linguistic rules

Installation

# Core package (no dependencies)
pip install kokorog2p

# With English support
pip install kokorog2p[en]

# With German support
pip install kokorog2p[de]

# With French support
pip install kokorog2p[fr]

# With mixed-language detection support
pip install kokorog2p[mixed]

# With espeak-ng backend
pip install kokorog2p[espeak]

# With goruut backend
pip install kokorog2p[goruut]

# Full installation (all languages and backends)
pip install kokorog2p[all]

Quick Start

from kokorog2p import phonemize

# English (US)
phonemes = phonemize("Hello world!", language="en-us")
print(phonemes)  # həlˈoʊ wˈɜːld!

# British English
phonemes = phonemize("Hello world!", language="en-gb")
print(phonemes)  # həlˈəʊ wˈɜːld!

# German
phonemes = phonemize("Guten Tag!", language="de")
print(phonemes)  # ɡuːtn̩ taːk!

# French
phonemes = phonemize("Bonjour!", language="fr")
print(phonemes)

# Italian
phonemes = phonemize("Ciao, come stai?", language="it")
print(phonemes)  # ʧiao, kome stai?

# Spanish
phonemes = phonemize("¡Hola! ¿Cómo estás?", language="es")
print(phonemes)  # !ola! ?koˈmo estaˈs?

# Chinese
phonemes = phonemize("你好", language="zh")
print(phonemes)

# Korean
phonemes = phonemize("안녕하세요", language="ko")
print(phonemes)

# Hebrew (requires phonikud package)
phonemes = phonemize("שָׁלוֹם", language="he")
print(phonemes)

Advanced Usage

from kokorog2p import get_g2p

# English with default settings (gold + silver dictionaries)
g2p_en = get_g2p("en-us", use_espeak_fallback=True)
tokens = g2p_en("The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.")
for token in tokens:
    print(f"{token.text} → {token.phonemes}")

# Memory-optimized: disable silver (~22-31 MB saved, ~400-470 ms faster init)
g2p_fast = get_g2p("en-us", load_silver=False)
tokens = g2p_fast("Hello world!")

# Ultra-fast initialization: disable both gold and silver (~50+ MB saved)
# Falls back to espeak for all words
g2p_minimal = get_g2p("en-us", load_silver=False, load_gold=False)
tokens = g2p_minimal("Hello world!")

# Different dictionary configurations
# load_gold=True, load_silver=True:  Maximum coverage (default)
# load_gold=True, load_silver=False: Common words only, faster
# load_gold=False, load_silver=True: Extended vocabulary only (unusual)
# load_gold=False, load_silver=False: No dictionaries, espeak only (fastest)

# German with lexicon and number handling
g2p_de = get_g2p("de")
tokens = g2p_de("Es kostet 42 Euro.")
for token in tokens:
    print(f"{token.text} → {token.phonemes}")

# French with fallback support
g2p_fr = get_g2p("fr", use_espeak_fallback=True)
tokens = g2p_fr("C'est magnifique!")
for token in tokens:
    print(f"{token.text} → {token.phonemes}")

Mixed-Language Support

kokorog2p can automatically detect and handle mixed-language texts using the high-accuracy lingua-py library. This is especially useful for technical documents, social media, or any text that contains words from multiple languages.

Installation

# Install with mixed-language support
pip install kokorog2p[mixed]

# Or install lingua-py directly
pip install lingua-language-detector

Basic Usage

from kokorog2p import get_g2p

# German text with English words
g2p = get_g2p(
    language="de",  # Primary language
    multilingual_mode=True,
    allowed_languages=["de", "en-us"]  # Languages to detect
)

text = "Ich gehe zum Meeting. Let's discuss the Roadmap!"
result = g2p.phonemize(text)
# Automatically detects:
# - "Ich gehe zum Meeting" → German G2P
# - "Let's discuss the Roadmap" → English G2P

Advanced Configuration

from kokorog2p import get_g2p

# Multiple languages with custom confidence threshold
g2p = get_g2p(
    language="en-us",  # Primary/fallback language
    multilingual_mode=True,
    allowed_languages=["en-us", "de", "fr", "es"],
    language_confidence_threshold=0.6  # Lower = more aggressive detection
)

# Access detected language for each word
tokens = g2p("Hello! Bonjour! Hola!")
for token in tokens:
    if token.is_word:
        detected_lang = token.get("detected_language")
        print(f"{token.text}: {detected_lang} → {token.phonemes}")

Direct API

from kokorog2p.mixed_language_g2p import MixedLanguageG2P

g2p = MixedLanguageG2P(
    primary_language="de",
    allowed_languages=["de", "en-us"],
    confidence_threshold=0.7,  # Default: 0.7 (recommended)
    enable_detection=True
)

# Check cache size
print(f"Cached words: {g2p.get_cache_size()}")

# Clear cache if needed (for very large texts)
g2p.clear_detection_cache()

How It Works

1. Tokenization: Text is split into words using the primary language's tokenizer
2. Detection: Each word is analyzed by lingua-py for language identification
3. Routing: Words are sent to the appropriate language-specific G2P engine
4. Caching: Detection results are cached for performance
5. Fallback: Words below confidence threshold use the primary language

Performance

• Memory: Adds ~100 MB (lingua models) + memory for each enabled language
• Speed: ~0.1-0.5 ms per word detection (very fast, Rust-based)
• Accuracy: >90% for words with 5+ characters
• Cache: Unlimited size by default (clear manually if needed)

Configuration Tips

Confidence Threshold:

• 0.5: More aggressive, may mis-detect ambiguous words
• 0.7: Recommended - balanced precision and recall
• 0.9: Conservative, most words fall back to primary language

Allowed Languages:

• Only specify languages that actually appear in your text
• Fewer languages = faster detection and better accuracy
• Must be explicitly defined by the user (no defaults)

Limitations

• Very short words (<3 chars) always use primary language
• Ambiguous words (e.g., "Supermarket" in German/English) use primary language
• Script-based detection (Latin, Cyrillic, CJK) happens before linguistic analysis
• Detected language must be in allowed_languages list

Example: Technical Documentation

from kokorog2p import get_g2p

# German technical manual with English terms
g2p = get_g2p(
    language="de",
    multilingual_mode=True,
    allowed_languages=["de", "en-us"]
)

text = """
Das System verwendet Machine Learning für die Performance-Optimierung.
Der Workflow ist sehr efficient durch das Caching.
"""

tokens = g2p(text)
for token in tokens:
    if token.is_word:
        lang = token.get("detected_language")
        print(f"{token.text:20} {lang:6} {token.phonemes}")

Output:

Das                  de     das
System               de     zʏsteːm
verwendet            de     fɛɐ̯vɛndət
Machine              en-us  məʃˈiːn
Learning             en-us  lˈɜːnɪŋ
...

Supported Languages

Language	Code	Dictionary Size	Number Support	Notation	Status
English (US)	en-us	179k gold + 187k silver (default)	✓	IPA	Production
English (GB)	en-gb	173k gold + 220k silver (default)	✓	IPA	Production
German	de	738k+ entries (gold)	✓	IPA	Production
French	fr	Gold dictionary	✓	IPA	Production
Italian	it	Rule-based + small lexicon	-	IPA	Production
Spanish	es	Rule-based + small lexicon	-	IPA	Production
Czech	cs	Rule-based	-	IPA	Production
Chinese	zh	pypinyin + ZHFrontend	✓	Zhuyin	Production
Japanese	ja	pyopenjtalk	-	IPA	Production
Korean	ko	g2pK rule-based	✓	IPA	Production
Hebrew	he	phonikud-based (requires nikud)	-	IPA	Production

Note: Both gold and silver dictionaries are loaded by default for English. You can:

• Use load_silver=False to save ~22-31 MB (gold only, ~179k entries)
• Use load_gold=False, load_silver=False to save ~50+ MB (espeak fallback only)

Chinese Note: Chinese G2P uses Zhuyin (Bopomofo) phonetic notation for Kokoro TTS compatibility. Arabic numerals are automatically converted to Chinese (e.g., "123" → "一 百二十三"). For version 1.1 (recommended):

from kokorog2p.zh import ChineseG2P
g2p = ChineseG2P(version="1.1")  # Uses ZHFrontend with Zhuyin notation

Spanish Note: Spanish G2P supports both European and Latin American dialects:

from kokorog2p.es import SpanishG2P

# European Spanish (with theta θ)
g2p_es = SpanishG2P(dialect="es")
print(g2p_es.phonemize("zapato"))  # θapato

# Latin American Spanish (seseo: θ→s)
g2p_la = SpanishG2P(dialect="la")
print(g2p_la.phonemize("zapato"))  # sapato

Key features: R trill/tap distinction (pero vs perro), palatals (ñ, ll, ch), jota sound (j), and proper stress marking.

Korean Note: Korean G2P works out of the box with rule-based phonemization. For improved accuracy with morphological analysis, install MeCab:

pip install mecab-python3

Hebrew Note: Hebrew G2P requires the phonikud package for phonemization:

pip install kokorog2p[he]
# or directly:
pip install phonikud

Note: Hebrew text should include nikud (diacritical marks) for accurate phonemization.

Phoneme Inventory

kokorog2p uses Kokoro's 45-phoneme vocabulary:

Vowels (US)

• Monophthongs: æ ɑ ə ɚ ɛ ɪ i ʊ u ʌ ɔ
• Diphthongs: aɪ aʊ eɪ oʊ ɔɪ

Consonants

• Stops: p b t d k ɡ
• Fricatives: f v θ ð s z ʃ ʒ h
• Affricates: tʃ dʒ
• Nasals: m n ŋ
• Liquids: l ɹ
• Glides: w j

Suprasegmentals

• Primary stress: ˈ
• Secondary stress: ˌ

License

Apache2 License - see LICENSE for details.

Credits

kokorog2p consolidates functionality from:

• misaki - G2P engine for Kokoro TTS
• phonemizer - espeak-ng wrapper