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Last Update: | Wed Dec 10 15:17:34 +0000 2008 |
Formosa is a Ruby library for processing Taiwanese languages. Major languages spoken in Taiwan include Holo, Hakka, Mandarin and those of the indigenous people. Formosa is the Ruby branch of the lib-formosa project (code.google.com/p/lib-formosa/).
Currently, we focus on the processing of the Holo (Southern Min) language, with necessary tools such as SyllableComposer available for general use.
The following example shows how to use Formosa:
$KCODE="u" # set the Ruby environment to use UTF-8 require "rubygems" require "formosa" include Formosa::Holo poj = SyllableType::POJ tl = SyllableType::TL SyllableUtility.compose_syllable(poj, tl, "goa2") # => guá SyllableUtility.compose_syllable(tl, poj, "gua2") # => goá