Kurdish

Welcome to Kurdish Language Library - a Python library for transliteration from Arabic-based Kurdish to Latin one. It can also be used for converting characters and digits in Persian, English and Arabic to Kurdish and vice versa, and now an easy GUI Application is ready to use for daily tasks for either Windows or Mac or Others.

NEW FEATURES

• GUI has been added for Kurdish :-)

Installation

• GUI Application Installation

  Read the introduction here and then install the GUI application for Windows here and for macOS here and for more visit here.

• Python Library Installation

  How to install the module:

  pip install Kurdish

  for python 3 in Linux:

  pip3 install Kurdish

  • How to install Python modules

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Pellk vs. Kurdish

There are some small issues with Pellk which in Kurdish tried to be fixed and provide much more appropriate transliterated text.

| Arabic-based Kurdish | Pellk Transliteration | Kurdish Transliteration | | -------------------- | --------------------- | ----------------------- | | نۆرمبێرگ | Normibêrg | Norimbêrg | | دەستگیر | destigîr | destgîr | | رابردوو | Rabridû | Rabirdû | | فەڕەنسیەکان | Ferrenisyekan | Feŕensyekan | | کورتترە | kurtitre | kurttre | | پێکرد | pêkrid | pêkird | | بە KNNی راگەیاند | be KiNNî rageyand | be KNNî ŕageyand | | بونیادنراوە | bunyadinrawe | bunyadnirawe |

How to use

Transliteration Arabic-based Kurdish to Latin-based Kurdish

from kurdish import ku
text = 'ئەسیری بسکی ئاڵۆزی کچە کوردێکی نەشمیلم، تەماشا کەن چ سەیرێکە بەدەستی دیلەوە دیلم. (هێمن موکریانی)'
print(ku.Hemwar().transliterate(text))

OUTPUT:
Esîrî biskî aĺozî kçe kurdêkî neşmîlm, temaşa ken çi seyrêke bedestî dîlewe dîlm. (hêmin mukiryanî)

Converting Characters and Digits

• Converting English Characters to Arabic-based Kurdish Based on KRG Unicode System:

  The major difference with KRG System is ( ھ = U+06BE ARABIC LETTER HEH DOACHASHMEE ) letter which normally in Arabic-based writing system ( ه = U+0647 ARABIC LETTER HEH ) alternatively has been used. For making the exact shape, you can use ( ه = U+0647 ARABIC LETTER HEH ) + ( ـ = U+0640 ARABIC TATWEEL ). The result will be ( هـ ).

from kurdish import ku
print('Convert English characters to Kurdish:')
print(ku.Hemwar().En_Char_to_Ku('bexSyn le gwnah w heLe CawpoSyne! \n to Con heReSet be uagry pRtyne? \n bmbexSy be nwYjanewe, kesman le kese \n be gwnahewe bmbexSe, delYm bexSyne'))

OUTPUT:
Convert English characters to Kurdish:
بەخشین لە گوناه و هەڵە چاوپۆشینە!
تۆ چۆن هەڕەشەت بە ئاگری پڕتینە؟
بمبەخشی بە نوێژانەوە، کەسمان لە کەسە،
بە گوناهەوە بمبەخشە، دەلێم بەخشینە

• Converting Arabic Characters to Kurdish:

from kurdish import ku
print('Convert Arabic characters to Kurdish:')
print(ku.Hemwar().Ar_Char_to_Ku("ك، ي = كوردي  /  ك = كاف"))

OUTPUT:
Convert Arabic characters to Kurdish:
ک، ی = کوردی  /  ک = کاف

• Converting Arabic-based Kurdish Characters to English:

from kurdish import ku
print('Convert Kurdish characters to English:')
print(ku.Hemwar().Ku_Char_to_En('\n بەخشین لە گوناه و هەڵە چاوپۆشینە! \nتۆ چۆن هەڕەشەت بە ئاگری پڕتینە?\n بمبەخشی بە نوێژانەوە, کەسمان لە کەسە\n بە گوناهەوە بمبەخشە, دەلێم بەخشینە'))

OUTPUT:
Convert Kurdish characters to English:
bexSyn le gwnah w heLe CawpoSyne!
to Con heReSet be uagry pRtyne?
bmbexSy be nwYjanewe, kesman le kese
be gwnahewe bmbexSe, delYm bexSyne

Note: This function has been used in some of my personal projects but still for some people can be useful!

• Getting Unicode code of any character or digit:

from kurdish import ku
print('Getting Unicode code for instance: all Arabic specific characters\n')
print(ku.Hemwar().getUniNum(ku.Hemwar.Ar_Special_chars))

OUTPUT:
Getting Unicode code for instance: all Arabic specific characters
1. ص = U+0635 ARABIC LETTER SAD
2. ض = U+0636 ARABIC LETTER DAD
3. ط = U+0637 ARABIC LETTER TAH
4. ظ = U+0638 ARABIC LETTER ZAH
5. ذ = U+0630 ARABIC LETTER THAL
6. ي = U+064a ARABIC LETTER YEH
7. ة = U+0629 ARABIC LETTER TEH MARBUTA
8. ث = U+062b ARABIC LETTER THEH
9. ؤ = U+0624 ARABIC LETTER WAW WITH HAMZA ABOVE
10. أ = U+0623 ARABIC LETTER ALEF WITH HAMZA ABOVE
11. إ = U+0625 ARABIC LETTER ALEF WITH HAMZA BELOW
12. آ = U+0622 ARABIC LETTER ALEF WITH MADDA ABOVE
13. ك = U+0643 ARABIC LETTER KAF
14. ۀ = U+06c0 ARABIC LETTER HEH WITH YEH ABOVE
15. ى = U+0649 ARABIC LETTER ALEF MAKSURA

Conversion has been completed successfully.

• Getting all Arabic-based Kurdish Alphabet in a list:

from kurdish import ku
print('Arabic-based Kurdish Alphabet: ')
print(list(ku.Hemwar().ku_alphabet_Ar))

OUTPUT:
Arabic-based Kurdish Alphabet:
['ئ', 'ا', 'ب', 'پ', 'ت', 'ج', 'چ', 'ح', 'خ', 'د', 'ر', 'ڕ', 'ز', 'ژ', 'س', 'ش', 'ع', 'غ', 'ف', 'ڤ', 'ق', 'ک', 'گ', 'ل', 'ڵ', 'م', 'ن', 'ه', 'ە', 'و', 'ۆ', 'و', 'و', 'ی', 'ێ']

• Getting all Latin-based Kurdish Alphabet in a list:

from kurdish import ku
print('Latin-based Kurdish Alphabet: ')
print(list(ku.Hemwar().ku_alphabet_La_uppercase))

OUTPUT:
Latin-based Kurdish Alphabet:
['A', 'B', 'C', 'Ç', 'D', 'E', 'Ê', 'F', 'G', 'H', 'Ĥ', 'I', 'Î', 'J', 'K', 'L', 'Ĺ', 'M', 'N', 'O', 'P', 'Q', 'R', 'Ŕ', 'S', 'Ş', 'T', 'U', 'Û', 'V', 'W', 'X', 'Ẍ', 'Y', 'Z']

• Getting all Latin-based and Arabic-based Kurdish vowels in a list:

from kurdish import ku
print('All Latin-based and Arabic-based Kurdish vowels:')
print(list(ku.Hemwar().ku_all_V))

OUTPUT:
All Latin-based and Arabic-based Kurdish vowels:
['A', 'E', 'Ê', 'I', 'Î', 'O', 'U', 'Û', 'a', 'e', 'ê', 'i', 'î', 'o', 'u', 'û', 'ا', 'ە', 'و', 'ۆ', 'و', 'و', 'ی', 'ێ']

• Converting Persian (Farsi) Digits to Arabic-based Kurdish:

from kurdish import ku
print('Convert Persian digits to Arabic-based Kurdish: ')
print(ku.Hemwar().Fa_Digit_to_Ku('٠١٢٣۴۵۶٧٨٩'))

OUTPUT:
Convert Persian digits to Arabic-based Kurdish:
٠١٢٣٤٥٦٧٨٩

• Converting Arabic-based Kurdish Digits to Persian (Farsi):

from kurdish import ku
print('Convert Arabic-based Kurdish digits to Persian: ')
print(ku.Hemwar().Ku_Digit_to_Fa('٠١٢٣٤٥٦٧٨٩'))

OUTPUT:
Convert Arabic-based Kurdish digits to Persian:
۰۱۲۳۴۵۶۷۸۹

• Converting English Digits to Arabic-based Kurdish:

from kurdish import ku
print('Convert English digits to Arabic-based Kurdish: ')
print(ku.Hemwar().En_Digit_to_Ku('0123456789'))

OUTPUT:
Convert English digits to Arabic-based Kurdish:
٠١٢٣٤٥٦٧٨٩

• Converting Arabic-based Kurdish Digits to English:

from kurdish import ku
print('Convert Arabic-based Kurdish digits to English: ')
print(ku.Hemwar().Ku_Digit_to_En('٠١٢٣٤٥٦٧٨٩'))

OUTPUT:
Convert Arabic-based Kurdish digits to English:
0123456789

Converting Ali-k style to unicode

from kurdish import ku
text = 'طوماني تيَدا نيية لة هةر دوو دنيا دا ئةركة طشتيةكان دةبنة هؤى خؤشةويستي، هؤى ثةرِينةوة لة تةنطذةكان، هؤى دةرباز بوون لة تووشيان، هؤى ثاراستني سةلامةتي طيان و جةستة و لة وتةيةكدا هؤى لةخؤ رازيكردني خوا و خةلَكي خوا و دلَنيابوون لة داهاتوو'
print(ku.Hemwar().ali_k_to_uni(text))

OUTPUT:
گومانی تێدا نییە لە هەر دوو دنیا دا ئەرکە گشتیەکان دەبنە هۆی خۆشەویستی، هۆی پەڕینەوە لە تەنگژەکان، هۆی دەرباز بوون لە تووشیان، هۆی پاراستنی سەلامەتی گیان و جەستە و لە وتەیەکدا هۆی لەخۆ رازیکردنی خوا و خەڵکی خوا و دڵنیابوون لە داهاتوو

Arabic-based Kurdish Characters along with their Unicode Equivalent

| Character | Unicode Code | | --------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | ئ | U+0626 ARABIC LETTER YEH WITH HAMZA ABOVE | | ا | U+0627 ARABIC LETTER ALEF | | ب | U+0628 ARABIC LETTER BEH | | پ | U+067e ARABIC LETTER PEH | | ت | U+062a ARABIC LETTER TEH