phontext 0.0.2

Tools for doing phonology analysis.

PhonText

A python package for phonology analysis from text files

Installation

Use the package manager pip to install phontext.

pip install phontext

Usage

Working with words

from phontext import Word

config = {
    'vowels': ['a', 'e', 'i', 'o', 'u'],
    'consonants': ['p', 't', 'k', 'ch', 'ts', 'rr', 'r']
}

# Parse words into segments
word = Word('chincha', **config)

len(word)
>> 5

word.cv
>> CVCCV

word.word_str
>> ch i n ch a

word.word
>> ["ch", "i","n", "ch", "a"]

# Find minimal pairs

word1 = Word('tasa', **config)
word2 = Word('kasa', **config)
word3 = Word('tasl', **config)

word1.is_minimal_pair(word2)
>> True

word1.is_minimal_pair(word3)
>> False
        
# and much more...

Working with wordlist

from phontext import Corpus

words = ['perro', 'pero', 'piso', 'peso']

config = {
    'vowels': ['a', 'e', 'i', 'o', 'u'],
    'consonants': ['p', 't', 'k', 'ch', 'ts', 'rr', 'r']
}

corpus = Corpus(**config)
for word_str in words:
    corpus.append(word_str)
    
segment_stat = corpus.get_segment_frequency()
segment_stat
>> {
    'vowels': {
        'e':3,
        'i':1
    }
    'consonants':{
        'p':4,
        'rr':1
    }
    'others':
        's':2,
        'r':1
}

Contributing

Pull requests are welcome. For major changes, please open an issue first to discuss what you would like to change.

Please make sure to update tests as appropriate.

License

GPLv3