abyssinica 0.1

Locale functions for the countries of Eritrea and Ethiopia.

Locale functions for the countries of Eritrea and Ethiopia.

See also HornMT: a machine-learning corpus for the Horn of Africa region.

Functionality

Numerals

Convert between Arabic and Ge’ez numerals:

>>> from abyssinica.numerals import arabic_to_geez
>>> arabic_to_geez(42)
'፵፪'

>>> from abyssinica.numerals import geez_to_arabic
>>> geez_to_arabic('፵፪')
42

Romanization

Transliterate Ge’ez characters:

>>> from abyssinica.romanization import romanize
>>> print(f"{romanize('ሰላም እንደምን አለህ?').capitalize()}")
Salām ʼendamn ʼalah?

Upcoming Functionality

Date & Time

Convert between Ge’ez and Gregorian dates and times.