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AfricanWordNet: Implementation of WordNets for African languages. Citation paper "Practical Approach on Implementation of WordNets for South African Languages" https://www.aclweb.org/anthology/2021.gwc-1.3.pdf
https://github.com/josephsefara/africanwordnet
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AfricanWordNet: Implementation of WordNets for African languages. Citation paper "Practical Approach on Implementation of WordNets for South African Languages" https://www.aclweb.org/anthology/2021.gwc-1.3.pdf
- Host: GitHub
- URL: https://github.com/josephsefara/africanwordnet
- Owner: JosephSefara
- License: other
- Created: 2020-06-12T08:45:32.000Z (over 5 years ago)
- Default Branch: master
- Last Pushed: 2021-03-29T14:38:15.000Z (over 4 years ago)
- Last Synced: 2025-04-13T15:45:39.809Z (7 months ago)
- Topics: african-languages, isixhosa, isizulu, nltk, python, sepedi, setswana, tshivenda, wordnet, wordnets
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# AfricanWordNet: Implementation of WordNets for African languages
This library extends [OMW](http://compling.hss.ntu.edu.sg/omw/) implemented in [NLTK](https://www.nltk.org/) to add support for the following African languages.
- Sepedi (nso)
- Xitsonga (tsn)
- Tshivenda (ven)
- isiZulu (zul)
- isiXhosa (xho)
[](https://github.com/josephsefara/africanwordnet/blob/master/LICENSE) [](https://github.com/josephsefara/africanwordnet/releases) [](https://pypi.python.org/pypi/africanwordnet) [](https://pypi.org/project/africanwordnet/) []((https://pypi.python.org/pypi/africanwordnet))
## Requirements
* [Python 3](https://docs.python.org/3.5/)
* [NLTK](https://www.nltk.org/)
## Installation
- From Pypi
- ```pip install africanwordnet```
- From source
- ```pip install https://github.com/JosephSefara/AfricanWordNet.git```
## [Citation Paper](https://www.aclweb.org/anthology/2021.gwc-1.3.pdf)
```
@inproceedings{sefara2021practical,
title={Practical Approach on Implementation of WordNets for South African Languages},
author={Sefara, Tshephisho and Mokgonyane, Tumisho and Marivate, Vukosi},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 11th Global Wordnet Conference},
pages={20--25},
year={2021},
}
```
## Usage
```python
>>> from nltk.corpus import wordnet as wn
>>> import africanwordnet
>>> wn.langs()
['nso', 'tsn', 'ven', 'zul', 'xho']
```
### Setswana WordNet
```python
>>> wn.synsets('phêpafatsa',lang=('tsn'))
[Synset('scavenge.v.04'),
Synset('tidy.v.01'),
Synset('refine.v.04'),
Synset('refine.v.03'),
Synset('purify.v.01'),
Synset('purge.v.04'),
Synset('purify.v.02'),
Synset('clean.v.08'),
Synset('clean.v.01'),
Synset('houseclean.v.01')]
>>> wn.lemmas('phêpafatsa', lang='tsn')
[Lemma('scavenge.v.04.phêpafatsa'),
Lemma('tidy.v.01.phêpafatsa'),
Lemma('refine.v.04.phêpafatsa'),
Lemma('refine.v.03.phêpafatsa'),
Lemma('purify.v.01.phêpafatsa'),
Lemma('purge.v.04.phêpafatsa'),
Lemma('purify.v.02.phêpafatsa'),
Lemma('clean.v.08.phêpafatsa'),
Lemma('clean.v.01.phêpafatsa'),
Lemma('houseclean.v.01.phêpafatsa')]
>>> wn.synset('purify.v.01').lemma_names('tsn')
['phêpafatsa']
>>> lemma = wn.lemma('purify.v.01.phêpafatsa', lang='tsn')
>>> whole_lemma.lang()
'tsn'
```
### Sepedi WordNet
```python
>>> wn.synsets('taelo',lang=('nso'))
[Synset('call.n.12'),
Synset('mandate.n.03'),
Synset('command.n.01'),
Synset('order.n.01'),
Synset('commission.n.06'),
Synset('commandment.n.01'),
Synset('directive.n.01'),
Synset('injunction.n.01')]
>>> wn.lemmas('taelo', lang='nso')
[Lemma('call.n.12.taelo'),
Lemma('mandate.n.03.taelo'),
Lemma('command.n.01.taelo'),
Lemma('order.n.01.taelo'),
Lemma('commission.n.06.taelo'),
Lemma('commandment.n.01.taelo'),
Lemma('directive.n.01.taelo'),
Lemma('injunction.n.01.taelo')]
>>> wn.synset('call.n.12').lemma_names('nso')
['taelo']
>>> lemma = wn.lemma('call.n.12.taelo', lang='nso')
>>> whole_lemma.lang()
'nso'
```
### isiZulu WordNet
```python
>>> wn.synsets('iqoqo', lang='zul')
[Synset('whole.n.02'),
Synset('conspectus.n.01'),
Synset('overview.n.01'),
Synset('sketch.n.03'),
Synset('compilation.n.01'),
Synset('collection.n.01'),
Synset('team.n.02'),
Synset('set.n.01')]
>>> wn.lemmas('iqoqo', lang='zul')
[Lemma('whole.n.02.iqoqo'),
Lemma('conspectus.n.01.iqoqo'),
Lemma('overview.n.01.iqoqo'),
Lemma('sketch.n.03.iqoqo'),
Lemma('compilation.n.01.iqoqo'),
Lemma('collection.n.01.iqoqo'),
Lemma('team.n.02.iqoqo'),
Lemma('set.n.01.iqoqo')]
>>> wn.synset('whole.n.02').lemma_names('zul')
['iqoqo']
>>> whole_lemma = wn.lemma('whole.n.02.iqoqo', lang='zul')
>>> whole_lemma.lang()
'zul'
```
### isiXhosa WordNet
```python
>>> wn.synsets('imali',lang=('xho'))
[Synset('finance.n.03'),
Synset('wealth.n.04'),
Synset('capital.n.01'),
Synset('store.n.02'),
Synset('credit.n.02'),
Synset('money.n.01'),
Synset('currency.n.01'),
Synset('purse.n.02'),
Synset('franc.n.01'),
Synset('cent.n.01')]
>>> wn.lemmas('imali', lang='xho')
[Lemma('finance.n.03.imali'),
Lemma('wealth.n.04.imali'),
Lemma('capital.n.01.imali'),
Lemma('store.n.02.imali'),
Lemma('credit.n.02.imali'),
Lemma('money.n.01.imali'),
Lemma('currency.n.01.imali'),
Lemma('purse.n.02.imali'),
Lemma('franc.n.01.imali'),
Lemma('cent.n.01.imali')]
>>> wn.synset('wealth.n.04').lemma_names('xho')
['imali']
>>> lemma = wn.lemma('wealth.n.04.imali', lang='xho')
>>> lemma.lang()
'xho'
```
### Tshivenda WordNet
```python
>>> wn.synsets('tshifanyiso',lang=('ven'))
[Synset('picture.n.05'),
Synset('word_picture.n.01'),
Synset('portrayal.n.01')]
>>> wn.lemmas('tshifanyiso', lang='ven')
[Lemma('picture.n.05.tshifanyiso'),
Lemma('word_picture.n.01.tshifanyiso'),
Lemma('portrayal.n.01.tshifanyiso')]
>>> wn.synset('picture.n.05').lemma_names('ven')
['tshifanyiso']
>>> lemma = wn.lemma('picture.n.05.tshifanyiso', lang='ven')
>>> whole_lemma.lang()
'ven'
```
## Find related words
The word **taelo** in Sepedi is related to
- tagafalo
- molao
- tlhalošo
```python
words = set()
synsets = wn.synsets('taelo',lang=('nso'))
for synset in synsets: # synset is in english
for hypo in synset.hyponyms():
for lemma in hypo.lemmas("nso"):
words.add(lemma.name())
print('taelo', '---', words)
taelo --- {'taelo', 'tagafalo', 'molao', 'tlhalošo'}
```
## License
Library distributed under the [MIT license](https://github.com/JosephSefara/AfricanWordNet/blob/master/LICENSE).
Data is distributed under the [Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).