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- ;;; Japanese place name generator.
-
- ;;; ng-japanese v. 0.3 10/27/92
- ;;; M. Campostrini (campo@sunthpi3.difi.unipi.it)
- ;;;
- ;;; Japanese place name generator.
- ;;;
- ;;; From 160 town names
- ;;; Some spelling conversions: pp->h, kk->k, tt->t.
- ;;; Tried to single out common endings with a definite meaning
- ;;; (e.g. shima = island, yama = beach). Needs confirmation!
- ;;; Short/long vowel distinction missing.
- ;;; A few losers still find their way in.
- ;;;
-
- (namer japanese-place-names (grammar root 10
- (root (or 41 (starter ender)
- 77 (starter middle ender)
- 34 (starter middle middle ender)
- 2 (starter middle middle middle ender)
- )
- )
- (starter (or 12 a ban be 2 chi cho chu da 7 fu 8 ga ge gi
- 5 ha 5 hi 6 i jo 7 ka 2 ki 7 ko 7 ku kyo
- 3 ma 5 mi mo mu myo 5 na 3 ni no nu 11 o ri
- 4 sa sen 7 shi sho su 6 ta 9 to 2 u 4 wa 4 ya 6 yo zu)
- )
- (middle (or 3 ba be bi 2 bu 3 chi da do e 3 go gu 2 ha 3 hi ho 7 i 2 ji
- 10 ka ke 2 ki 6 ko 8 ku 9 ma me 3 mi 6 mo 3 na ne 5 no nu
- 2 o 7 ra re 3 ri 3 ro 3 ru 4 sa 2 se 3 su 5 shi ta te 3 tsu
- 4 wa 2 ya 2 yo 2 zu)
- )
- (ender (or ba be bo bu 5 chi chu da 2 dai 2 do 2 fu 2 ga gi go
- 2 hama he hu 2 ji 2 jima 2 ka kan 3 kawa keo 2 ki 3 ko kui kyo
- 2 ma 2 mai 4 matsu me 3 mi nai nan nawa 2 ne 3 no 3 oka
- 4 ra ran re 5 ri 4 ro saki sawa 2 seki sen 4 shi 10 shima shin
- 2 so 7 ta te 6 to 3 tsu tsue wa wara 2 ya 11 yama zawa 6 zu)
- )
- )
- )
-
- #|
- ;;; Weights on consonants come from simple-minded (I looked in the atlas)
- ;;; histogramming of names.
-
- (namer japanese-place-names (grammar root 9
- (root (or 1 (maybe-vowel last-syllable)
- 20 (maybe-vowel syllable last-syllable)
- 50 (maybe-vowel syllable syllable last-syllable)
- 50 (syllable syllable syllable last-syllable)))
- (maybe-vowel (or 90 "" 10 vowel))
- (syllable (consonant vowel))
- (last-syllable (or 95 (consonant vowel)
- 5 (consonant vowel "n")))
- (vowel (or 5 a 2 e 3 i 3 o 1 u))
- (consonant (or 3 b 3 ch 1 d 3 f 11 g 6 h 2 j 25 k 16 m
- 10 n 7 r 14 s 2 sh 17 t 2 ts 6 w 5 y 3 z))
- ))
-
- ;;; Actually, should use the actual syllables - although this list
- ;;; is weighted to favor real ones, some losers find their way in.
- |#
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