AI4Bharat num2words

A module to convert numbers to words for Indian languages and English.

Installation

To install the module, run the following command:

pip install indic-numtowords

Import

To use the library, import it using the following command:

from indic_numtowords import num2words 

Usage

1. Converts numbers into words in various languages:

words = num2words(38, lang='ta')
#output: 'முப்பத்து எட்டு'

2. Returns variations for numbers:

words = num2words(150, lang='hi', variations=True)
#output: ['एक सौ पचास', 'डेढ़ सौ'] 

3. Converts each digit separately:

words = num2words(420, lang='doi', split=True)
#output: 'चार दो सिफर'

Parameters

The num2words function accepts the following parameters:

• number: (int) The non-negative integer to convert into words.
• lang: (str) The ISO code for the target language. Defaults to English (en).
• variations: (bool, optional) If set to True, returns variations of the number.
• split: (bool, optional) If True, converts each digit separately into its word form.

Supported Languages

The following languages are supported by the num2words module:

• as: Assamese
• bn: Bengali
• brx: Bodo
• doi: Dogri
• en: English
• gu: Gujarati
• hi: Hindi
• kn: Kannada
• ks: Kashmiri
• kok: Konkani
• mai: Maithili
• ml: Malayalam
• mr: Marathi
• mni: Manipuri
• ne: Nepali
• or: Odia
• pa: Punjabi
• sa: Sanskrit
• sd: Sindhi
• ta: Tamil
• te: Telugu
• ur: Urdu

Release Notes

This package contains work on converting numbers to words. The contents of this package can also be downloaded from our GitHub repo.

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Distributed under the MIT license. See LICENSE for more information.