2004/08/22 by Daniel Yacob, Yacob, Daniel
Computer Science · #Computation and Language (cs.CL) #FOS: Computer and information sciences #Speech and Audio Processing #Wireless Communication Networks Research #cs.CL
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.cs/0408052
International Conference of Ethiopian Studies XV, 13 pages
arxiv created 2004/08/22 · openalex publication_date 2004/08/22 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
The Metaphone algorithm applies the phonetic encoding of orthographic sequences to simplify words prior to comparison. While Metaphone has been highly successful for the English language, for which it was designed, it may not be applied directly to Ethiopian languages. The paper details how the principles of Metaphone can be applied to Ethiopic script and uses Amharic as a case study. Match results improve as specific considerations are made for Amharic writing practices. Results are shown to improve further when common errors from Amharic input methods are considered.