allahserix/nkotranslit

Bidirectional transliteration library for Bamanankan: convert text between Latin script and N'Ko script. # nkotranslit A lightweight Python package for bidirectional **Latin ↔ N'Ko transliteration** ## Features - Convert Latin script to N'Ko - Convert N'Ko script to Latin - Command-line interface (CLI) - Graphical User Interface (GUI) ## GUI Requirement The GUI requires Tkinter, which must be installed at system level. On Ubuntu/Debian: ```bash sudo apt install python3-tk ``` ## Installation ```bash pip install nkotranslit ```` ## Usage ```python from nkotranslit import NkoLatinConverter converter = NkoLatinConverter() text = "i ye san joli ye" print(converter.convert_text(text, converter.LATIN_TO_NKO_RULES)) nko = "ߌ ߦߋ ߛߊ߲ ߖߏߟߌ ߦߋ" print(converter.convert_text(nko, converter.NKO_TO_LATIN_RULES)) ``` ### CLI ```bash latin2nko "i ye san joli ye" nko2latin "ߌ ߦߋ ߛߊ߲ ߖߏߟߌ ߦߋ" ``` ### GUI Launch the graphical interface: ```bash nkotranslit-gui ``` This opens a simple window where you can type text and convert between: - Latin → N'Ko - N'Ko → Latin