Hindi Morphological Analyzer
The Hindi Morphological Analyzer is a computational tool developed at IIT Bombay that performs detailed morphological analysis of Hindi words. It decomposes words into their root forms and suffixes, assigning grammatical features such as gender, number, person, tense, aspect, and case. Built on the framework of Distributed Morphology and leveraging a rich lexicon, the analyzer supports both analysis and generation of inflected word forms. It is a critical component for various NLP applications requiring deep linguistic processing of Hindi.
Hindi’s rich morphology and complex inflectional patterns challenge automated language processing systems. Without accurate morphological analysis, applications like machine translation, speech recognition, and information retrieval cannot achieve high accuracy or robustness.
- Uses rule-based suffix insertion and phonological readjustment rules for precise morphological parsing.
- Handles multiple parts of speech including nouns, verbs, adjectives, and adverbs.
- Integrates lexicon lookup with morphological rules for both analysis and generation.
- Modular design facilitates integration with POS tagging and syntactic parsing tools.
- High accuracy demonstrated on diverse Hindi corpora, including out-of-vocabulary word handling.
The system is implemented as a command-line tool that accepts Hindi words and outputs their morphological decomposition. The analyzer uses a lexicon of root words and suffixes, along with linguistic rules, to generate detailed morphological features.
The tool improves the quality and reach of Hindi language technologies, facilitating better communication, education, and digital services for Hindi-speaking populations. It contributes to the development of intelligent systems that understand and process Hindi effectively.
- Machine translation systems requiring morphological analysis for accurate output.
- Speech recognition and synthesis systems for Hindi language.
- Search engines and information retrieval platforms handling Hindi queries.
- Spell checkers and grammar correction tools for Hindi.
- Educational software for Hindi language learning.
- Natural language understanding modules in chatbots and virtual assistants.