fake-nahuatl-word-maker.py

import random

def orthographize(word):
	word = word.replace("tsh", "ch")
	word = word.replace("kw", "qu")
	word = word.replace("sh", "x")
	word = word.replace("w", "hu")
	word = word.replace("k", "c")
	return word

def orthographize_french(word):
	word = word.replace("tsh", "ch")
	word = word.replace("kw", "qu")
	word = word.replace("sh", "x")
	word = word.replace("w", "hu")
	word = word.replace("k", "c")
	word = word.replace("ts", "z")
	return word

def expand_expression(expression):
	new_expression = []
	for term in expression:
		if term in rules:
			term_expansion = random.choice(rules[term])
			new_terms = term_expansion.split(" ")
			new_expression.extend(new_terms)
		else:
			new_expression.append(term)
	return new_expression

def generate_word():
	root = "WORD"
	expression = [root]
	i = 0
	limit = 10
	unexpanded_nodes = True
	new_expression = expand_expression(expression)
	while (i < limit and unexpanded_nodes == True):
		i += 1
		if " ".join(expression) == " ".join(new_expression):
			unexpanded_nodes = False
		else:
			expression = new_expression
			new_expression = expand_expression(expression)
	if i == limit:
		return "-".join(expression)
	else:
		return "".join(expression)

rules = {
	"WORD": ["MULTI_SYLLABLE_WORD"],
	"ONE_SYLLABLE_WORD": "WORD_INITIAL_CONSONANT VD WORD_FINAL_CONSONANT | WORD_INITIAL_CONSONANT VD | VD WORD_FINAL_CONSONANT".split(" | "),
	"MULTI_SYLLABLE_WORD": "INITIAL_SYLLABLE . FINAL_SYLLABLE | INITIAL_SYLLABLE . MID_SYLLABLES . FINAL_SYLLABLE".split(" | "),
	"INITIAL_SYLLABLE": "WORD_INITIAL_CONSONANT VD SYLLABLE_FINAL_CONSONANT | VD SYLLABLE_FINAL_CONSONANT | WORD_INITIAL_CONSONANT VD | VD".split(" | "),
	"FINAL_SYLLABLE": "SYLLABLE_INITIAL_CONSONANT VD WORD_FINAL_CONSONANT | SYLLABLE_INITIAL_CONSONANT VD | VD WORD_FINAL_CONSONANT".split(" | "),
	"MID_SYLLABLES": "MID_SYLLABLE".split(" | "),
	"MID_SYLLABLE": "SYLLABLE_INITIAL_CONSONANT VD SYLLABLE_FINAL_CONSONANT | VD SYLLABLE_FINAL_CONSONANT | SYLLABLE_INITIAL_CONSONANT VD".split(" | "),
	"VD": "VOWEL".split(" | "),
	"VOWEL": "a|e|i|o".split("|"),
	"DIPHTHONG": "ia|ai|oa|eo|ei|io|ao".split("|"),
	"WORD_INITIAL_CONSONANT": "k|kw|m|n|p|sh|t|tl|ts|tsh|w|y".split("|"),
	"WORD_FINAL_CONSONANT": "h|k|l|n|tl|tsh".split("|"),
	"SYLLABLE_INITIAL_CONSONANT": "k|kw|l|m|n|p|sh|t|tl|ts|tsh|w|y".split("|"),
	"SYLLABLE_FINAL_CONSONANT": "h|k|l|n|tl|tsh".split("|"),
}

out_path = "fake_nauatl_words.txt"
out = open(out_path, 'w', encoding="utf-8")
for j in range(30):
	word = generate_word()
	word = word.translate({ord(c): None for c in "."})
	word = orthographize_french(word)
	out.write(word + "\n")
out.close()