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  • 标题:A Robust Language Processor for African Tone Language Systems
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  • 作者:Moses Ekpenyong Mfon Udoinyang Eno-Abasi Urua
  • 期刊名称:Computer Sciences and Telecommunications
  • 印刷版ISSN:1512-1232
  • 出版年度:2009
  • 卷号:23
  • 期号:06
  • 出版社:Internet Academy
  • 摘要:

    The problem associated with building language processors for African tone languages seems intractable. These problems, which range from homographs handling to domain specific words not in language dictionaries, have resulted in the boundless growth of the font’s system. Some attempts have been made in recent times to overcome these problems. One interesting attempt is the development of the tone language keyboard. The design of such hardware is complex (using more functional keys) and from users’ perspective, more troublesome (keeping an auxiliary of key combinations). This paper implements a software approach to solving this problem for Ibibio, a Lower Cross language of the (new) Benue-Congo language sub-family widely spoken in the southeastern, oil rich Niger Delta region of Nigeria. The system is designed to enable language database or dictionary switching, provided such dictionaries are designed in a csv file format. We discuss the problems and challenges of this design and proffer solutions to handling them. This initiative will arouse new insights and collaborative interest in solving this open question that demands a specific answer.

  • 关键词:Language Processors;African Tone Languages;Language Database
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