Download nightly / CI/CD installation packages for testing (contains the core zhfst file(s)):
NB!! Note that the nightly / CI/CD installation packages are not tested for language quality, and might contain regressions and errors.
This repository contains finite state source files for the Western Mari language, for building morphological analysers, proofing tools and dictionaries. The data and implementation are licenced under GNU GPL licence, also detailed in the LICENSE. The authors named in the AUTHORS file are available to grant other licencing choices.
Install proofing tools and keyboards for the Western Mari language by using the Divvun Installer (some languages are only available via the nightly channel).
The speller files downloadable at the top of this page (the *.bhfst
files) can
be used with divvunspell, to test their
performance. These files are the exact same ones as installed on users' computers
and mobile phones. Desktop and mobile speller files differ from each other in the
error model and should be tested separately — thus also two different downloads.
Documentation can be found at:
In order to compile and use Western Mari language morphology and dictionaries, you need:
- an FST compiler: HFST, Foma or Xerox Xfst
- VislCG3 Constraint Grammar tools
To install VislCG3 and HFST, just copy/paste this into your Terminal on macOS:
curl https://apertium.projectjj.com/osx/install-nightly.sh | sudo bash
or terminal on Ubuntu, Debian or Windows Subsystem for Linux:
wget https://apertium.projectjj.com/apt/install-nightly.sh -O - | sudo bash
sudo apt-get install cg3 hfst
or terminal on RedHat, Fedora, CentOS or Windows Subsystem for Linux:
wget https://apertium.projectjj.com/rpm/install-nightly.sh -O - | sudo bash
sudo dnf install cg3 hfst
Alternatively, the Apertium wiki has good instructions on how to install the dependencies for Mac OS X and how to install the dependencies on linux
Further details and dependencies are described on the GiellaLT Getting Started pages.
Using Git:
git clone https://github.com/giellalt/lang-mrj
Using Subversion:
svn checkout https://github.com/giellalt/lang-mrj.git/trunk lang-mrj
INSTALL describes the GNU build system in detail, but for most users it is the usual:
./autogen.sh # This will automatically clone or check out other GiellaLT dependencies
./configure
make
(as root) make install
Rueter, J. (2014). The Livonian-Estonian-Latvian Dictionary as a threshold to the era of language technological applications. In: Journal of Estonian and Finno-Ugric Linguistics. 5, 1, p. 251–259 9 p.
@article{2a8a012a1cc640db9ec0e4466f9d3e65,
title = "The Livonian-Estonian-Latvian Dictionary as a threshold to the era of language technological applications",
abstract = "This article outlines the multiple use of electronic source materials from the Livonian-Estonian-Latvian Dictionary of 2012 in a “Kone Foundation” funded project for developing finite-state morphological parsers. It provides an introduction to the project, the language-independent Giellatekno infrastructure at Troms{\o}, Norway, and the materials utilized in the electronic manuscript of the dictionary. The introduction is followed by an extensive description of what has been developed on the Giellatekno infrastructure with explicit indications of where parallel projects might be initiated.",
keywords = "6121 Languages, Livonian, Uralic Languages, Kone Language Programme, open-source, language-independent infrastructure, HFST, Giellatekno, morphological parser, spellcheckers, morphology-savvy web dictionary, intelligent computer-assisted language learning",
author = "Jack Rueter",
note = "ESUKA – JEFUL 2013, 5–1: 253–261 ",
year = "2014",
doi = "10.12697/jeful.2014.5.1.14",
language = "English",
volume = "5",
pages = "251–259",
journal = "Journal of Estonian and Finno-Ugric Linguistics",
issn = "1736-8987",
publisher = "University of Tartu",
number = "1",
}
If you use language data from more than one GiellaLT language, consider citing our LREC 2022 article on whole infra:
Linda Wiechetek, Katri Hiovain-Asikainen, Inga Lill Sigga Mikkelsen, Sjur Moshagen, Flammie Pirinen, Trond Trosterud, and Børre Gaup. 2022. Unmasking the Myth of Effortless Big Data - Making an Open Source Multi-lingual Infrastructure and Building Language Resources from Scratch. In Proceedings of the Thirteenth Language Resources and Evaluation Conference, pages 1167–1177, Marseille, France. European Language Resources Association.
If you use bibtex, following is as it is on ACL anthology:
@inproceedings{wiechetek-etal-2022-unmasking,
title = "Unmasking the Myth of Effortless Big Data - Making an Open Source
Multi-lingual Infrastructure and Building Language Resources from Scratch",
author = "Wiechetek, Linda and
Hiovain-Asikainen, Katri and
Mikkelsen, Inga Lill Sigga and
Moshagen, Sjur and
Pirinen, Flammie and
Trosterud, Trond and
Gaup, B{\o}rre",
booktitle = "Proceedings of the Thirteenth Language Resources and Evaluation
Conference",
month = jun,
year = "2022",
address = "Marseille, France",
publisher = "European Language Resources Association",
url = "https://aclanthology.org/2022.lrec-1.125",
pages = "1167--1177"
}