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Tamil Tokenizer

A standalone, multi-level tokenizer for Tamil text. No external dependencies — uses only the Python standard library.

Features

Four levels of tokenization:

Level Description Example
sentence Split text into sentences "அவன் வந்தான். அவள் பார்த்தாள்." → 2 sentences
word Split into words + punctuation "அவன் வந்தான்." → அவன், வந்தான், .
character Split into Tamil letters with classification (உயிர்/மெய்/உயிர்மெய், வல்லினம்/மெல்லினம்/இடையினம்) "வந்தான்" → வ, ந், தா, ன்
morpheme Split into root + grammatical suffixes (case, tense, person) "பள்ளிக்கு" → root பள்ளி + case suffix க்கு (Dative)

Installation

# From the project directory
pip install -e .

# Or just use directly (no install needed)
python -m tamil_tokenizer "அவன் வந்தான்."

Usage

Command Line

# Word tokenization (default)
python -m tamil_tokenizer "அவன் வந்தான்."

# Character tokenization
python -m tamil_tokenizer "தமிழ்நாடு" --level character

# Sentence tokenization
python -m tamil_tokenizer "அவன் வந்தான். அவள் பார்த்தாள்." --level sentence

# Morpheme tokenization
python -m tamil_tokenizer "பள்ளிக்கு சென்றான்." --level morpheme

# JSON output
python -m tamil_tokenizer "அவன் வந்தான்." --format json

# Plain text output (just token strings)
python -m tamil_tokenizer "அவன் வந்தான்." --format text

# Interactive mode
python -m tamil_tokenizer --interactive

Python API

from tamil_tokenizer import TamilTokenizer, Token, TokenType

tokenizer = TamilTokenizer()

# Sentence tokenization
sentences = tokenizer.sentence_tokenize("அவன் வந்தான். அவள் பார்த்தாள்.")

# Word tokenization
words = tokenizer.word_tokenize("அவன் வந்தான்.")

# Character tokenization
letters = tokenizer.character_tokenize("வந்தான்")
for letter in letters:
    print(f"{letter.text} -> {letter.token_type.value} ({letter.metadata})")

# Morpheme tokenization
morphemes = tokenizer.morpheme_tokenize("பள்ளிக்கு")
for m in morphemes:
    print(f"{m.text} -> {m.token_type.value} ({m.metadata})")

# Unified pipeline
tokens = tokenizer.tokenize("அவன் வந்தான்.", level="word")

# Convenience: get just strings
strings = tokenizer.tokenize_to_strings("அவன் வந்தான்.", level="word")
# ['அவன்', 'வந்தான்', '.']

# Convenience: get dicts (useful for JSON serialization)
dicts = tokenizer.tokenize_to_dicts("அவன் வந்தான்.", level="character")

Token Types

Word-level

  • word — Tamil word
  • number — Numeric value
  • punctuation — Punctuation mark
  • symbol — Other symbol

Character-level

  • vowel — உயிரெழுத்து (அ, ஆ, இ, ...)
  • consonant — மெய்யெழுத்து (க், ங், ச், ...)
  • vowel_consonant — உயிர்மெய்யெழுத்து (க, கா, கி, ...)
  • special — ஆய்த எழுத்து (ஃ)

Morpheme-level

  • root — Root word
  • suffix — Generic suffix
  • case_suffix — வேற்றுமை உருபு (case marker)
  • tense_marker — கால இடைநிலை (tense marker)
  • person_marker — விகுதி (person/number marker)

Project Structure

tamil_tokenizer/
├── __init__.py          # Package init + public API
├── __main__.py          # CLI entry point
├── tokenizer.py         # Main TamilTokenizer class
├── constants/           # Tamil Unicode constants & letter groups
├── grammar/             # Grammar analysis (util, case, tense)
├── config/              # Configuration & data file loading
├── parsers/             # Root word parser & core parsing
├── utils/               # Iterator, splitting, word class utilities
└── data/                # Grammar rule files (.list)

Requirements

  • Python 3.8+
  • No external dependencies

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