Contributor
Andrew Deloucas

The Road to CDLI’s Corpora Integration into CLTK: an Undertaking


Mentors
Willis Monroe, Tyler Kirby
Organization
Classical Language Toolkit

This project focuses on integrating Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI) corpora into the Classical Language Toolkit (CLTK). Currently, CLTK houses several functions developed by Dr. Willis Monroe; the difficulty in utilizing these functions is due to the variables having to be presented in a reconstructed normalized form of Akkadian, which is not how tablets are either written traditionally or stored by CDLI. The goal of this project is to enable CLTK to reconstruct a normalized spelling out of CDLI’s ATF text and thus create data available for two fundamental uses: 1) allowance of individuals to learn and practice Akkadian with real and novel reading exercises; and 2) with further class development, be analyzed on a mass scale.