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"""Ingest Meroitic (xmr) word data from Joshua Otten's Meroitic-Corpus on GitHub.
Source: https://github.com/Joshua-Otten/Meroitic-Corpus
Author: Joshua Otten (computational linguistics)
Description: First machine-readable Meroitic corpus
License: Public repository (academic)
Data files:
- Data/LobbanVocabList.txt -- structured word:gloss pairs (best quality)
- Data/MilletExamples.txt -- translated Meroitic words/phrases (Millet 1973)
- Data/RillyExamples.txt -- translated examples (Rilly 2007)
- Data/mero-corpus.txt -- running text from inscriptions
The Meroitic alphasyllabary was deciphered by Griffith (1911). All 23 signs
have known phonetic values (see Rilly 2007, Rilly & de Voogt 2012).
The Otten corpus uses an ASCII transcription convention for scholarly
diacritics (documented in each file's header):
S -> s-hat (IPA sh) N -> n-tilde (IPA ny)
X -> 4th H / h-underline (IPA x, velar fricative)
x -> 3rd H (IPA x) E -> e-hat (IPA e)
Iron Rule: All data comes from the downloaded GitHub files.
No hardcoded word lists.
Usage:
python scripts/ingest_meroitic.py [--dry-run]
"""
from __future__ import annotations
import argparse
import io
import json
import logging
import re
import sys
import unicodedata
import urllib.error
import urllib.request
from pathlib import Path
sys.stdout = io.TextIOWrapper(sys.stdout.buffer, encoding="utf-8")
sys.stderr = io.TextIOWrapper(sys.stderr.buffer, encoding="utf-8")
ROOT = Path(__file__).resolve().parent.parent
sys.path.insert(0, str(ROOT / "cognate_pipeline" / "src"))
sys.path.insert(0, str(ROOT / "scripts"))
from cognate_pipeline.normalise.sound_class import ipa_to_sound_class # noqa: E402
from transliteration_maps import transliterate # noqa: E402
logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
ISO = "xmr"
LEXICON_DIR = ROOT / "data" / "training" / "lexicons"
AUDIT_TRAIL_DIR = ROOT / "data" / "training" / "audit_trails"
RAW_DIR = ROOT / "data" / "training" / "raw"
CACHE_DIR = RAW_DIR / "meroitic"
GITHUB_RAW = "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Joshua-Otten/Meroitic-Corpus/main/Data"
USER_AGENT = "PhaiPhon/1.0 (ancient-scripts-datasets; Meroitic ingestion)"
# Files to download from the corpus
DATA_FILES = [
"LobbanVocabList.txt",
"MilletExamples.txt",
"RillyExamples.txt",
"mero-corpus.txt",
]
# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
# ASCII convention -> scholarly transliteration
# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
# The Otten corpus uses capitals and ASCII for diacritics.
# We convert to standard Meroitic scholarly transliteration (lowercase + diacritics)
# before applying the MEROITIC_MAP.
#
# IMPORTANT: The convention differs slightly between files but the core mappings are:
# S -> sh (s-hat) -> scholarly: s with caron
# N -> ny (n-tilde) -> scholarly: n with tilde
# X -> velar fric -> scholarly: h with breve below (or x in IPA directly)
# E -> e (no special value in standard Meroitic -- just a vowel)
# x -> velar fric -> scholarly: same as X
#
# We handle these in the ingestion step, converting the corpus's ASCII convention
# into forms that the MEROITIC_MAP can handle.
def corpus_ascii_to_scholarly(text: str) -> str:
"""Convert Otten corpus ASCII convention to standard scholarly transliteration.
The corpus uses uppercase for special characters. We convert to
lowercase scholarly forms that the MEROITIC_MAP can process.
Special diacritic capitals (Griffith/Rilly notation):
S -> s-hat (sh) N -> n-tilde (ny)
X -> 4th H / velar E -> e-hat (= plain e)
Dotted-letter capitals (Millet notation for uncertain readings):
B, M, Y, A, Q, W, I, R, K, T -> lowercase equivalents
H -> h (h-tilde) G -> g (variant)
"""
result = []
for ch in text:
if ch == "S":
result.append("\u0161") # s with caron = sh
elif ch == "N":
result.append("\u00f1") # n with tilde = ny
elif ch == "X":
result.append("\u1e2b") # h with breve below = velar fricative
elif ch == "E":
result.append("e") # e-hat = /e/
elif ch == "H":
result.append("h") # h-tilde variant = h
elif ch == "A":
result.append("a") # a-dot = a
elif ch == "G":
result.append("g") # variant g
# Dotted consonants (Millet uncertain readings) -> same phoneme
elif ch == "B":
result.append("b")
elif ch == "M":
result.append("m")
elif ch == "Y":
result.append("y")
elif ch == "Q":
result.append("q")
elif ch == "W":
result.append("w")
elif ch == "I":
result.append("i")
elif ch == "R":
result.append("r")
elif ch == "K":
result.append("k")
elif ch == "T":
result.append("t")
elif ch in ("D", "F", "J", "L", "O", "P", "U", "V", "Z"):
# Any remaining uppercase -> lowercase (safety catch)
result.append(ch.lower())
else:
result.append(ch)
return "".join(result)
# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Download helpers
# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
def download_file(filename: str) -> str:
"""Download a file from the GitHub repo, with local caching."""
cache_path = CACHE_DIR / filename
if cache_path.exists():
logger.info("Using cached: %s", cache_path)
with open(cache_path, "r", encoding="utf-8") as f:
return f.read()
url = f"{GITHUB_RAW}/{filename}"
logger.info("Downloading: %s", url)
req = urllib.request.Request(url, headers={"User-Agent": USER_AGENT})
for attempt in range(3):
try:
with urllib.request.urlopen(req, timeout=60) as resp:
data = resp.read().decode("utf-8")
# Cache locally
CACHE_DIR.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
with open(cache_path, "w", encoding="utf-8") as f:
f.write(data)
return data
except (urllib.error.URLError, urllib.error.HTTPError, TimeoutError) as e:
logger.warning("Download attempt %d failed: %s", attempt + 1, e)
import time
if attempt < 2:
time.sleep(2 ** attempt)
raise RuntimeError(f"Download failed after 3 attempts: {url}")
# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Parsing functions for each source
# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
def parse_lobban_vocab(text: str) -> list[dict]:
"""Parse LobbanVocabList.txt -- tab-separated word:gloss pairs.
Format: word_form[;variants] TAB gloss[;glosses] [TAB POS/tags]
Lines starting with # are comments.
"""
entries = []
for line in text.splitlines():
line = line.strip()
if not line or line.startswith("#"):
continue
parts = line.split("\t")
if len(parts) < 2:
continue
word_forms_raw = parts[0].strip()
gloss = parts[1].strip() if len(parts) > 1 else ""
pos_tags = parts[2].strip() if len(parts) > 2 else ""
# Split on semicolons for variant forms
for wf in word_forms_raw.split(";"):
wf = wf.strip()
if not wf:
continue
entries.append({
"word": wf,
"gloss": gloss,
"pos": pos_tags,
"source": "lobban",
})
logger.info("Lobban vocab: parsed %d entries", len(entries))
return entries
def parse_millet_examples(text: str) -> list[dict]:
"""Parse MilletExamples.txt -- translated words/phrases from Millet 1973.
Format: word_form TAB gloss [TAB POS/tags]
Lines starting with # are comments. Some lines have semicolons for variants.
"""
entries = []
for line in text.splitlines():
line = line.strip()
if not line or line.startswith("#"):
continue
parts = line.split("\t")
if len(parts) < 1:
continue
word_forms_raw = parts[0].strip()
gloss = parts[1].strip() if len(parts) > 1 else ""
pos_tags = parts[2].strip() if len(parts) > 2 else ""
# Skip lines that are just page references or annotations
if word_forms_raw.startswith("(") and word_forms_raw.endswith(")"):
continue
# Split on semicolons for variant forms
for wf in word_forms_raw.split(";"):
wf = wf.strip()
if not wf:
continue
entries.append({
"word": wf,
"gloss": gloss,
"pos": pos_tags,
"source": "millet",
})
logger.info("Millet examples: parsed %d entries", len(entries))
return entries
def parse_rilly_examples(text: str) -> list[dict]:
"""Parse RillyExamples.txt -- translated examples from Rilly 2007.
Format: word_form TAB gloss [TAB POS/tags]
Lines starting with # are comments.
"""
entries = []
for line in text.splitlines():
line = line.strip()
if not line or line.startswith("#"):
continue
# Skip separator lines
if line.startswith("---") or line.startswith("==="):
continue
parts = line.split("\t")
if len(parts) < 1:
continue
word_forms_raw = parts[0].strip()
gloss = parts[1].strip() if len(parts) > 1 else ""
pos_tags = parts[2].strip() if len(parts) > 2 else ""
# Split on semicolons for variant forms
for wf in word_forms_raw.split(";"):
wf = wf.strip()
if not wf:
continue
entries.append({
"word": wf,
"gloss": gloss,
"pos": pos_tags,
"source": "rilly",
})
logger.info("Rilly examples: parsed %d entries", len(entries))
return entries
def parse_corpus_tokens(text: str) -> list[dict]:
"""Parse mero-corpus.txt -- running text, extract unique word tokens.
The corpus uses spaces as token boundaries.
Words may contain Meroitic : (word dividers) which split words further.
"""
# Tokenize: split on whitespace
tokens = set()
for line in text.splitlines():
line = line.strip()
if not line or line.startswith("#"):
continue
# Split on whitespace
for token in line.split():
# Further split on : (Meroitic word divider)
for subtoken in token.split(":"):
subtoken = subtoken.strip()
if subtoken:
tokens.add(subtoken)
entries = []
for tok in sorted(tokens):
entries.append({
"word": tok,
"gloss": "",
"pos": "",
"source": "corpus",
})
logger.info("Corpus tokens: extracted %d unique tokens", len(entries))
return entries
# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Word form cleaning and validation
# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
def clean_word(word: str) -> str:
"""Clean a Meroitic word form for inclusion in the lexicon.
- Strips whitespace
- Removes surrounding parentheses
- NFC normalizes
"""
word = word.strip()
# Remove surrounding parentheses like (a)tbE -> leave as is (partial reading)
# But remove whole-word parens
if word.startswith("(") and word.endswith(")"):
word = word[1:-1]
# NFC normalize
word = unicodedata.normalize("NFC", word)
return word
def is_valid_meroitic(word: str) -> bool:
"""Check if a word form is valid for inclusion.
Meroitic uses only lowercase letters (a-z) in the Otten ASCII convention
plus occasional uppercase for special chars (S, N, X, E, H, A, G).
"""
if len(word) < 2:
return False
if len(word) > 60:
return False
# Must not be purely numeric
if word.replace(".", "").replace("-", "").isdigit():
return False
# Reject entries with brackets (fragmentary/uncertain)
if "[" in word or "]" in word:
return False
# Reject entries with question marks (uncertain readings)
if "?" in word:
return False
# Reject entries with Kleene stars (damaged text markers)
if "*" in word:
return False
# Reject entries that are purely annotation-like
# (e.g. "EITXER-LBR-OR-TBR" type annotations from the corpus)
if word.isupper() and len(word) > 3:
return False
# Must contain at least one alphabetic char
if not any(c.isalpha() for c in word):
return False
# Reject if it contains characters outside the Meroitic repertoire
# Valid chars: a-z, A-Z (for special chars), hyphen, period
if not re.match(r'^[a-zA-Z\-\.]+$', word):
return False
return True
# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Main ingestion
# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
def main():
parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description="Ingest Meroitic from GitHub corpus")
parser.add_argument("--dry-run", action="store_true",
help="Parse and report without writing TSV")
parser.add_argument("--no-cache", action="store_true",
help="Force re-download (ignore cache)")
args = parser.parse_args()
logging.basicConfig(
level=logging.INFO,
format="%(asctime)s %(levelname)s: %(message)s",
datefmt="%H:%M:%S",
)
# Clear cache if requested
if args.no_cache:
if CACHE_DIR.exists():
import shutil
shutil.rmtree(CACHE_DIR)
logger.info("Cleared cache: %s", CACHE_DIR)
# Step 1: Download all data files
logger.info("Downloading Meroitic corpus files...")
raw_texts = {}
for fname in DATA_FILES:
try:
raw_texts[fname] = download_file(fname)
except RuntimeError as e:
logger.error("Failed to download %s: %s", fname, e)
if fname == "mero-corpus.txt":
# The main corpus is large -- continue without it if needed
logger.warning("Continuing without main corpus text")
else:
raise
# Step 2: Parse all sources
all_entries = []
if "LobbanVocabList.txt" in raw_texts:
all_entries.extend(parse_lobban_vocab(raw_texts["LobbanVocabList.txt"]))
if "MilletExamples.txt" in raw_texts:
all_entries.extend(parse_millet_examples(raw_texts["MilletExamples.txt"]))
if "RillyExamples.txt" in raw_texts:
all_entries.extend(parse_rilly_examples(raw_texts["RillyExamples.txt"]))
if "mero-corpus.txt" in raw_texts:
all_entries.extend(parse_corpus_tokens(raw_texts["mero-corpus.txt"]))
logger.info("Total raw entries across all sources: %d", len(all_entries))
# Step 3: Clean, validate, and deduplicate
seen_words = set()
valid_entries = []
skipped_invalid = 0
skipped_dup = 0
# Process structured sources first (higher quality), then corpus tokens
source_priority = {"lobban": 0, "rilly": 1, "millet": 2, "corpus": 3}
all_entries.sort(key=lambda e: (source_priority.get(e["source"], 99), e["word"]))
for entry in all_entries:
word = clean_word(entry["word"])
if not is_valid_meroitic(word):
skipped_invalid += 1
continue
# Normalize to lowercase for dedup (the ASCII convention uses case for diacritics)
# But we need to keep the original case for transliteration
dedup_key = word.lower()
if dedup_key in seen_words:
skipped_dup += 1
continue
seen_words.add(dedup_key)
entry["word_clean"] = word
valid_entries.append(entry)
logger.info("Valid entries: %d (skipped: %d invalid, %d duplicates)",
len(valid_entries), skipped_invalid, skipped_dup)
# Step 4: Transliterate and generate IPA
tsv_entries = []
audit_trail = []
identity_count = 0
for entry in valid_entries:
word = entry["word_clean"]
# Convert ASCII convention to scholarly transliteration
scholarly = corpus_ascii_to_scholarly(word)
# Apply transliteration map to get IPA
ipa = transliterate(scholarly, ISO)
if not ipa:
ipa = scholarly # fallback: use scholarly form directly
# Check identity rate
if ipa == word:
identity_count += 1
try:
sca = ipa_to_sound_class(ipa)
except Exception:
sca = ""
tsv_entries.append({
"word": word,
"ipa": ipa,
"sca": sca,
"source": entry["source"],
})
audit_trail.append({
"word_original": entry["word"],
"word_clean": word,
"scholarly": scholarly,
"ipa": ipa,
"sca": sca,
"gloss": entry.get("gloss", ""),
"pos": entry.get("pos", ""),
"source": entry["source"],
})
identity_rate = identity_count / len(tsv_entries) * 100 if tsv_entries else 0.0
# Step 5: Report
mode = "DRY RUN: " if args.dry_run else ""
print(f"\n{mode}Meroitic Corpus Ingestion (xmr):")
print("=" * 60)
print(f" Source: https://github.com/Joshua-Otten/Meroitic-Corpus")
print(f" Method: GitHub raw download + parse")
print(f" Sources used:")
source_counts = {}
for e in tsv_entries:
source_counts[e["source"]] = source_counts.get(e["source"], 0) + 1
for src, count in sorted(source_counts.items()):
print(f" {src:12s}: {count:5d} entries")
print(f" Total entries: {len(tsv_entries)}")
print(f" Identity rate: {identity_rate:.1f}% ({identity_count}/{len(tsv_entries)})")
# Sample entries
if tsv_entries:
print(f"\n Sample entries (from structured sources):")
structured = [e for e in tsv_entries if e["source"] != "corpus"]
samples = structured[:5] if len(structured) >= 5 else tsv_entries[:5]
for e in samples:
print(f" {e['word']:25s} -> {e['ipa']:25s} [{e['source']}]")
print("=" * 60)
if args.dry_run:
return
# Step 6: Write TSV
if tsv_entries:
LEXICON_DIR.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
tsv_path = LEXICON_DIR / f"{ISO}.tsv"
with open(tsv_path, "w", encoding="utf-8") as f:
f.write("Word\tIPA\tSCA\tSource\tConcept_ID\tCognate_Set_ID\n")
for e in tsv_entries:
f.write(f"{e['word']}\t{e['ipa']}\t{e['sca']}\tmeroitic-corpus:{e['source']}\t-\t-\n")
logger.info("Wrote %d entries to %s", len(tsv_entries), tsv_path)
print(f"\n Written: {tsv_path}")
# Step 7: Save audit trail
if audit_trail:
AUDIT_TRAIL_DIR.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
audit_path = AUDIT_TRAIL_DIR / f"meroitic_ingest_{ISO}.jsonl"
with open(audit_path, "w", encoding="utf-8") as f:
for r in audit_trail:
f.write(json.dumps(r, ensure_ascii=False) + "\n")
logger.info("Wrote audit trail: %s", audit_path)
if __name__ == "__main__":
main()
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