Script Converter for Uyghur Language

This converter supports multiple Uyghur writing systems:

• ULS — Uyghur Latin Script
• UAS — Uyghur Arabic Script
• CTS — Common Turkish Script
• UCS — Uyghur Cyrillic Script
• UYS — Uyghur Yengi (New) Script
• IPA — International Phonetic Alphabet
• UZLS — Uzbek Latin Script
• XJUS — Xinjiang University Script

Installation

pip install umsc

Mapping table

Sample input and output examples

Review the files in the tests directory for examples of converting between different scripts.

Usage

from umsc import UgMultiScriptConverter
# To convert text, you need to define source and target scripts
# The abbreviation of scrips
# ULS | Uyghur Latin Script
# UYS | Uyghur Yengi (New) Script
# CPS | Chinese Pinyin Script
# UAS | Uyghur Arabic Script
# CTS |Common Turkic Script
# UCS | Uyghur Cyrillic Script
# XJU | Xinjinag University English Case Sensitive
# UZLS | Uzbek Latin Script
# Convert Uyghur Arabic Script to Uyghur Latin Script
source_script = 'UAS'
target_script = 'ULS'
converter = UgMultiScriptConverter(source_script, target_script)
text1 = 'ياخشىمۇسىز!'
text1 = converter(text1)
print(text1)
# Convert Uyghur Latin Script to Uyghur Arabic Script
source_script = 'ULS'
target_script = 'UAS'
converter = UgMultiScriptConverter(source_script, target_script)
text2 = 'yaxshimusiz!'
text2 = converter(text2)
print(text2)

Notes

• API and Uzbek are currently developing. The mapping might not be very accurate. Especially for Uzbek, it is not very clear how to map "ئا" and "ئە" to Uzbek.

Citation

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Contributing

Feel free to raise issue and pull request.

License

Distributed under the Apache 2.0 License. See LICENSE for more information.