Overview
For many languages, this is a critical step of creating a writing system (orthography), developing fonts, and building a foundational dictionary (lexicon). For oral and sign language traditions, this involves documenting the language's grammar and key terminology.
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Written (Literate) Translation
Keyman
Keyman helpim yu long taip long olget 2000 language long olget kain device — Windows, macOS, Linux, iPhone, iPad, Android tablets na phones, na even instant long yu web browser.
Speech Analyzer
Kompita program bilong acoustic analysis bilong speech sounds. Analyze phonetic sounds bilong spoken languages through fundamental frequency, spectrographic and spectral analysis, and duration measurements long help develop orthography na more.
Fonolojia Asisten
Long research bilong saun fonetik we i stap long wanpela langwis, research i nedi long painim out olsem ol saun i kamap, long helpim developim sistem bilong raiting we i simple long read na write. Fonolojia Asisten i take data fonetik we i kolekim long ol manmeri we i save long langwis na i makim ol saun, helpim user long findim ol paten na ol rul we i kontrol ol saun bilong langwis.