mlphon 1.0.1

Malayalam phonetic analyser

This is python interface for the Malayalam phonetic analyser - mlphon.

Installation

Python 3 is required. Using with venv is recommended

$ pip install mlphon

Usage

Grapheme to Phoneme analysis example

from mlphon import G2P
analyser = G2P()
analyser.analyse('കേരളം')

Gives

[(('<BoS>k<plosive><voiceless><unaspirated><velar>eː<v_sign><EoS><BoS>ɾ<flapped><alveolar>a<schwa><EoS><BoS>ɭ<lateral><retroflex>a<schwa>m<anuswara><EoS>', 0.0),))]

The second item in this result is the weight. It is not relevant in the current implementation.

Grapheme to Phoneme generation example

from mlphon import G2P
generator = G2P()
generator.generate('<BoS>k<plosive><voiceless><unaspirated><velar>eː<v_sign><EoS><BoS>ɾ<flapped><alveolar>a<schwa><EoS><BoS>ɭ<lateral><retroflex>a<schwa>m<anuswara><EoS>')

Gives

(('കേരളം', 0.0),)

The second item in this result is the weight. It is not relevant in the current implementation.

Grapheme to IPA analysis

from mlphon import IPA
analyser = IPA()
analyser.analyse("കേരളം")

Gives

(('keːɾaɭam<anuswara>', 0.0),)

<anauswara>, <visarga>, <chillu> tags are explisitly shown in the IPA analysis.

Grapheme generation from IPA

from mlphon import IPA
generator = IPA()
generator.generate('keːɾaɭam<anuswara>')

Gives

(('കേരളം', 0.0),)

There can be multiple results in this generation. Please ignore the irrelevant ones, if any.

Syllablizer

from mlphon import Syllablizer
syl = Syllablizer()
syl.syllablize('കേരളം')

Gives

(('<BoS>കേ<EoS><BoS>ര<EoS><BoS>ളം<EoS>', 0.0),)

Command line interface

G2P

$ mlg2p --help
  usage: mlg2p [-h] [-i INFILE] [-o OUTFILE] [-a] [-g] [-v]
  optional arguments:
  -h, --help            show this help message and exit
  -i INFILE, --input INFILE
                    source of analysis data
  -o OUTFILE, --output OUTFILE
                    target of generated strings
  -a, --analyse         Analyse the input file strings
  -g, --generate        Generate the input file strings
  -v, --verbose         print verbosely while processing

IPA

$ mlipa --help
  usage: mlipa [-h] [-i INFILE] [-o OUTFILE] [-a] [-g] [-v]
  optional arguments:
  -h, --help            show this help message and exit
  -i INFILE, --input INFILE
                    source of analysis data
  -o OUTFILE, --output OUTFILE
                    target of generated strings
  -a, --analyse         Analyse the input file strings
  -g, --generate        Generate the input file strings
  -v, --verbose         print verbosely while processing

Syllablizer

$ mlsyllablize --help
  usage: mlsyllablize [-h] [-i INFILE] [-o OUTFILE]
  optional arguments:
  -h, --help            show this help message and exit
  -i INFILE, --input INFILE
                    source of analysis data
  -o OUTFILE, --output OUTFILE
                    target of generated strings