Word storage table for natural language determination

Details Word storage table for natural language determination Word storage table for natural language determination

1996-09-30

1999-12-28

Thomas, Joseph

Data processing: speech signal processing, linguistics, language

Linguistics

704 8, 704 10, 707531, 707536, G06F 1721, G06F 1728

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06009382&

ABSTRACT:
A language in which a document is written is identified through the use of sets of most frequently used words in each of a plurality of candidate languages. Each set of most frequently used words in a respective set of word tables for a respective candidate language according to letter pairs in each set of most frequently used words. In the preferred embodiment, each word table is an N.times.N bit table, where each bit represents a given letter pair at a particular place in one of the most frequently used words in one of the candidate languages. Words from the document are compared to the most frequently used words stored in the word tables. A count of the number of matches between the words from the document and the words stored in each respective set of word tables is kept for each respective language. The language of the document as the respective candidate language having the greatest number of matches.

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