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ainconv - Ainu language script converter
Overview
This cargo crate provides a comprehensive set of functions for converting text between different writing systems of the Ainu language.
Currently, Latin (Romanization), Katakana and Cyrillic scripts are supported. We are also planning to convert between different romanization systems and Katakana variants. Currently only the more adopted version of Latin script and lossy Katakana script are supported.
Sentence conversion is planned to be supported in the future. For now, only well-formed single word is accepted. The converted string are always in lower case.
Important Note
Conversion between Latin and Cyrillic script are lossless, however, conversion between Katakana and other scripts are lossy. This means that converting from Katakana to other scripts and then back to Katakana may not give the original string and the result may be ambiguous or even incorrect.
This is because the Katakana script used broadly for the Ainu language is intrinsically ambiguous. For example, it does not distinguish between tow and tu (both トゥ), iw and i.u (both イウ), ay and a.i (both アイ), etc. Some alternative Katakana scripts are proposed to solve this problem, but none of them are widely adopted. We are planning to support some of these alternative scripts in the future.
Installation
Install the package using cargo
cargo add ainconv
or add the following line to your Cargo.toml
file
[dependencies]
ainconv = "0.1.0"
Usage
Word Conversion
use ainconv::{
convert_kana_to_latn,
convert_latn_to_kana,
convert_cyrl_to_latn,
convert_latn_to_cyrl,
convert_kana_to_cyrl,
convert_cyrl_to_kana,
// ...
}
println!("{}", convert_kana_to_latn("イランカラㇷ゚テ")); // "irankarapte"
println!("{}", convert_latn_to_kana("irankarapte")); // "イランカラㇷ゚テ"
println!("{}", convert_cyrl_to_latn("иранкараптэ")); // "irankarapte"
println!("{}", convert_latn_to_cyrl("irankarapte")); // "иранкараптэ"
println!("{}", convert_cyrl_to_kana("иранкараптэ")); // "イランカラㇷ゚テ"
println!("{}", convert_kana_to_cyrl("イランカラㇷ゚テ")); // "иранкараптэ"
Extra Functionality
Script Detection
Detect the script of a given string.
use ainconv::detect;
println!("{}", detect("aynu")); // "Latn"
println!("{}", detect("アイヌ")); // "Kana"
println!("{}", detect("айну")); // "Cyrl"
Syllable Splitting
use ainconv::separate;
println!("{:?}", separate("eyaykosiramsuypa")); // ["e", "yay", "ko", "si", "ram", "suy", "pa"]
License
MIT License (c) 2024 mkpoli
See also
- ainconv - npm: The JavaScript version of this package
- ainconv - PyPI: The Python version of this package
- Module:ain-kana-conv - ウィクショナリー日本語版: The original Lua Scribunto module in the Japanese Wiktionary