abyssinica 2.0.0

Description:

abyssinica 2.0.0

Locale library for the countries of Ethiopia and Eritrea.
See also HornMT: a machine-learning corpus for the Horn of Africa region.

Functionality

Numerals
Convert between Arabic and Ge’ez numerals:
>>> from abyssinica.numerals import arabic_to_geez
>>> arabic_to_geez(42)
'፵፪'

>>> from abyssinica.numerals import geez_to_arabic
>>> geez_to_arabic('፵፪')
42


Calendar
Convert between Gregorian and Ethiopic dates:
>>> from abyssinica.calendar import Date as EthiopicDate
>>> from datetime import date as GregorianDate
>>> EthiopicDate.from_gregorian(GregorianDate(year=1996, month=3, day=2))
abyssinica.calendar.Date(1988, 6, 23)

>>> EthiopicDate(year=1988, month=6, day=23).to_gregorian()
datetime.date(1996, 3, 2)


Romanization
Transliterate Ge’ez characters:
>>> from abyssinica.romanization import romanize
>>> print(f"{romanize('ሰላም እንደምን አለህ?').capitalize()}")
Salām ʼendamn ʼalah?