ipython

In [1]: from hyphen import Hyphenator, dict_info

In [2]: hyph = Hyphenator ('hi_IN', directory='/home/neo')

In [5]: inp = u'हिन्दी '

In [6]: hyph.syllables(inp)
Out[6]: [u'\xe0\xa4\xb9\xe0\xa4\xbf\xe0\xa4\xa8\xe0\xa5\x8d\xe0\xa4\xa6\xe0\xa5\x80 ']

In [7]: hyph.pairs(inp)
Out[7]: []