Fidel
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A Python package that can transliterate Latin characters to Geez characters and vice versa.
Fidel / ፊደል
What is Fidel / ፊደል ?
Fidel is a python package that can change Amharic language that written in English alphabet to Amharic alphabet character.
| For example: abebe beso bela -> አበበ በሶ በላ
Dependencies
Installation
pip install fidel
Upgrade
pip install --upgrade fidel
Usage
Basic Usage
from fidel import Translate
text = "bexam xru sew new"
translated = Translate(text).translate()
print(translated)
output
በጣም ጥሩ ሰው ነው
Autocorrect
from fidel import Translate
text = "betam tiru sew nw"
translated = Translate(text=text,autoCorrect=False).translate() # The default is False
corrected = Translate(text=text,autoCorrect=True).translate()
print(f"Translated : {translated}")
print(f"Corrected: {corrected}")
output
Translated : በታም ቲሩ ሰው ንው
Corrected: በጣም ጥሩ ሰው ነው
Amharic Symbol
from fidel import Translate
text = "abebe, kebede ena ayele bexam xru sew nachew."
symbol_true = Translate(text=text,symbol=True).translate() # The default is True
symbol_false = Translate(text=text,symbol=False).translate()
print(f"True symbol: {symbol_true}")
print(f"False symbol: {symbol_false}")
output
True symbol: አበበ፣ ከበደ እና አየለ በጣም ጥሩ ሰው ናቸው።
False symbol: አበበ, ከበደ እና አየለ በጣም ጥሩ ሰው ናቸው.
Exclude words and split words
Exclude words from being translated.
- To prevent words from being translate, put the words inside "``"
from fidel import Translate
text = "`Alex` xru sew new"
translated = Translate(text).translate()
print(translated)
output
Alex ጥሩ ሰው ነው
Split words
- To prevent words from being ዲቃላ (The eigth letters) we should put "|" between consonants.
from fidel import Translate
text = "ljtua t|sewer" # Without "|" the output is "ልጅቷ ጸወር"
translated = Translate(text).translate()
print(translated)
output
ልጅቷ ትሰወር
Reverse Translate
from fidel import Reverse
text = "በጣም ጥሩ ሰው ነው።"
reversed = Reverse(text, symbol=True) # The default symbol value is True
print(reversed)
output
betam xru sew nw.
Rules
There are some rules that should be apply when writing the text.
- For 1st alphabets (ለግዕዝ) use "e" example: "le" - ለ
- For 2nd alphabets (ለካእብ) use "u" example: "lu" - ሉ
- For 3rd alphabets (ለሳልስ) use "i" example: "li" - ሊ
- For 4rh alphabets (ለራዕብ) use "a" example: "la" - ላ
- For 5th alphabets (ለሀምስ) use "ie" example: "lie" - ሌ
- For 6th alphabets (ለሳድስ) use only vowel example: "l" - ል
- For 7th alphabets (ለሳብዕ) use "o" example: "lo" - ሎ
- For 8th alphabets(ለዲቃላ ቃላት) use "ua" example: "ua" - ሏ
Note The above rules may violate for some alphabets family check out ambiguous alphabets.
Ambiguous alphabets
| ግዕዝ | ካእብ | ሳልስ | ራዕብ | ሀምስ | ሳድስ | ሳብዕ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ሀ | ሁ | ሂ | ሀ | ሄ | ህ | ሆ |
| ha | hu | hi | ha | hie | h | ho |
| አ | ኡ | ኢ | ኣ | ኤ | እ | ኦ |
| a | u | i | a | ie | e | o |
| ተ | ቱ | ቲ | ታ | ቴ | ት | ቶ |
| te | tu | ti | ta | tie | t | to |
| ጠ | ጡ | ጢ | ጣ | ጤ | ጥ | ጦ |
| xe | xu | xi | xa | xie | x | xo |
| ቸ | ቹ | ቺ | ቻ | ቼ | ች | ቾ |
| che | chu | chi | cha | chie | ch | cho |
| ጨ | ጩ | ጪ | ጫ | ጬ | ጭ | ጮ |
| ce | cu | ci | ca | cie | c | co |
| ጰ | ጱ | ጲ | ጳ | ጴ | ጵ | ጶ |
| phe | phu | phi | pha | phie | ph | pho |
| ፐ | ፑ | ፒ | ፓ | ፔ | ፕ | ፖ |
| pe | pu | pi | pa | pie | p | po |
Addition
| Alphabets | ሸ | ኘ | ዥ | ጸ |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Prefix | sh | gn | zh | ts |