Syllables

syllable

Akshara (orthographic syllable) segmentation for Odia text.

Examples:

>>> from openodia import syllable
>>> syllable.split("ନମସ୍କାର")
['ନ', 'ମ', 'ସ୍କା', 'ର']
>>> syllable.count("ବିଦ୍ୟାଳୟ")
4
>>> syllable.hyphenate("ବିଦ୍ୟାଳୟ")
'ବି-ଦ୍ୟା-ଳ-ୟ'

count

count(word: str) -> int

Number of Odia aksharas in word.

Non-Odia characters (whitespace, punctuation, digits, Latin letters) are not counted.

hyphenate

hyphenate(word: str, separator: str = '-') -> str

Join aksharas with separator.

Whitespace runs in the input become natural breaks: each word is hyphenated independently and the original whitespace is preserved between them.

Parameters:

Name	Type	Description	Default
word	str	Odia text (one or more words).	required
separator	str	String inserted between consecutive aksharas of the same word. Defaults to "-".	'-'

Returns:

Type	Description
str	The hyphenated string.

Examples:

>>> hyphenate("ବିଦ୍ୟାଳୟ")
'ବି-ଦ୍ୟା-ଳ-ୟ'
>>> hyphenate("ନମସ୍କାର ଓଡ଼ିଆ")
'ନ-ମ-ସ୍କା-ର ଓ-ଡ଼ି-ଆ'

split

split(word: str) -> list[str]

Split a word into aksharas.

Parameters:

Name	Type	Description	Default
word	str	A single Odia word. Whitespace and non-Odia characters are emitted as their own units (one entry per character / run of whitespace).	required

Returns:

Type	Description
list[str]	A list of aksharas in source order. Empty input returns [].

Examples:

>>> split("ନମସ୍କାର")
['ନ', 'ମ', 'ସ୍କା', 'ର']
>>> split("ଓଡ଼ିଆ")
['ଓ', 'ଡ଼ି', 'ଆ']