NEO-MALAY LEXEME SYNTHESIZER

https://alicecengal.github.io/Neomalay-Lexeme-Synthesizer/

Athran Abdul Rahman
Universiti Teknologi Malaysia
September 2017

Neo-malay here means that the language to be used in this study is not exactly any extant Malay language variety, but rather is a constructed language inspired by the Malay language.

Lexeme Synthesizer is a procedure whereby lexemes are synthesized according to the phonological and phonotactical rules of a language.

Goal --- to synthesize new lexemes that visually and aurally resemble extant native Malay words.

Significance --- a lexeme synthesizer may be useful for building a lorem ipsum generator localized for the Malay language. It may also be useful for inventing new names for writing fictions.

Methods

1. Analyse the phonology of Malay, then derive a phonology for Neomalay
2. Analyse the phonotactic rule of Malay, then derive a phonotactic rule for Neomalay
3. Write a computer program that uses the rules set out in Step 1 & 2 to generate new lexemes in Neomalay

For the linguistics details, refer to the PDF paper.

The synthesizer is implemented in the file synth.scala. Please don't tell me about Prolog.

Sample Output

gahang	manoi	awor	barum	hawik	niso	niwal	togil
lasa	jerau	golap	barah	cingat	cungsoi	ninjak	kido
acau	angsal	guyok	nayik	jalo	roliu	yucop	sacuh
cakup	hamba	ajui	bodau	tayu	adiu	gapam	kana
ajo	locir	gongo	hujip	gahur	anti	akah	lala
intup	benap	ecal	awau	poyut	taga	sota	laba
lumo	angau	maca	oho	reka	ihol	yunyol	tahi
ikam	luna	eso	saging	abal	umap	beca	amap
saku	anyim	ura	aga	yaja	edap	meca	anyui
kahar	nanga	idun	upo	palan	guwuh	suwan	pekah
ada	yayo	hakan	rarum	pendul	gotang	yakip	catin
yungan	tonah	napa	sana	mobih	aja	lusah	riho
elat	inya	haba	mupat	pihung	karan	gayi	acal
dagi	anyom	edo	nuho	nasan	debar	enoh	loti