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The '''Balkan languages''' are those languages spoken in the Balkans, and possibly forming a part of the Balkan Sprachbund. They include [[Bulgarian]], [[Macedonian]], [[Romanian]], [[Aromanian]], [[Albanian]], [[Greek]], [[Serbo-Croatian]], and a number of others. 

The master plan involves generating independent finite-state transducers for each language, and then making individual dictionaries and transfer rules for every pair. The current status of these goals is listed below.

==Status==
The ultimate goal is to have multi-purposable transducers for a variety of Balkan languages. These can then be paired for X→Y translation with the addition of a CG for language X and transfer rules / dictionary for the pair X→Y. Below is listed development progress for each language's transducers and dictionary pairs.

===Transducers===
Once a transducer has ~80% coverage on a range of medium-large corpora we can say it is "working". Over 90% and it can be considered to be "production".

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
!rowspan=2| name
!rowspan=2| Language
!colspan=2 class="unsortable"| ISO 639
!rowspan=2| formalism
!rowspan=2| state
!rowspan=2| stems
!rowspan=2| paradigms
!rowspan=2| coverage
!rowspan=2| location
!rowspan=2 class="unsortable"| primary authors
|-class="sortbottom"
! -2
! -3
|-
|| <code>[[apertium-mkd]]</code>
|| [[Macedonian]]
|| <code>mk</code> 
|| <code>mkd</code> 
|| [[lttoolbox]] 
|| production
|align="right"| {{#lst:Apertium-mkd/stats|stems}}
|align="right"| {{#lst:Apertium-mkd/stats|paradigms}}
|align="center"| [[Apertium-mkd#Current_State|~{{:Apertium-mkd/stats/average}}%]]
|| [[apertium-mkd]] ([[languages]])
|| [[User:Francis Tyers|Fran]], [[User:Tihomir|Tihomir]], [[User:Fpetkovski|Petkovski]]
|-
|| <code>[[apertium-hbs]]</code>
|| [[Serbo-Croatian]]
|| <code>sh</code> 
|| <code>hbs</code> 
|| [[lttoolbox]] 
|| working
|align="right"| {{#lst:Apertium-hbs/stats|stems}}
|align="right"| {{#lst:Apertium-hbs/stats|paradigms}}
|align="center"| [[Apertium-hbs#Current_State|~{{:Apertium-hbs/stats/average}}%]]
|| [[apertium-hbs]] ([[languages]])
|| [[User: Francis Tyers|Fran]]
|-
|| <code>[[apertium-slv]]</code>
|| [[Slovenian]]
|| <code>sl</code>
|| <code>slv</code>
|| [[lttoolbox]] 
|| production
|align="right"| {{#lst:Apertium-slv/stats|stems}}
|align="right"| {{#lst:Apertium-slv/stats|paradigms}}
|align="center"| [[Apertium-slv#Current_State|~{{:Apertium-slv/stats/average}}%]]
|| [[apertium-hbs-slv]] ([[trunk]])<br />[[apertium-slv-pol]] ([[incubator]])<br />[[apertium-sl-mk]] ([[incubator]])
|| [[User:Francis Tyers|Fran]], [[User:Fpetkovski|Petkovski]], [[User:Krvoje|Peradin]], Horvat, Čabrilo, Dimitrijev
|-
|| <code>[[apertium-tur]]</code>
|| [[Turkish]]
|| <code>tr</code> 
|| <code>tur</code> 
|| [[HFST]] 
|| working
|align="right"| {{#lst:Apertium-tur/stats|stems}}
|align="right"| {{#lst:Apertium-tur/stats|paradigms}}
|align="center"| [[Apertium-tur#Current_State|~{{:Apertium-tur/stats/average}}%]]
|| [[apertium-tur]] ([[languages]])
|| [[User:Francis Tyers|Fran]], [[User:Zfe|Gianluca]], Sezgi Aydın
|-
|| <code>[[apertium-bul]]</code>
|| [[Bulgarian]]
|| <code>bg</code> 
|| <code>bul</code> 
|| [[lttoolbox]]
|| production
|align="right"| {{#lst:Apertium-bul/stats|stems}}
|align="right"| {{#lst:Apertium-bul/stats|paradigms}}
|align="center"| [[Apertium-bul#Current_State|~{{:Apertium-bul/stats/average}}%]]
|| [[apertium-bul]] ([[languages]])
|| [[User:Francis Tyers|Fran]], [[User:Tihomir|Tihomir]]
|-
|| <code>[[apertium-sqi]]</code>
|| [[Albanian]]
|| <code>sq</code> 
|| <code>sqi</code> 
|| [[lttoolbox]]
|| development
|align="right"| {{#lst:Apertium-sqi/stats|stems}}
|align="right"| {{#lst:Apertium-sqi/stats|paradigms}}
|align="center"| [[Apertium-sqi#Current_State|~{{:Apertium-sqi/stats/average}}%]]
|| [[apertium-sqi]] ([[languages]])
|| [[User: Francis Tyers|Fran]]
|-
|| <code>[[apertium-ell]]</code>
|| [[Greek]]
|| <code>el</code> 
|| <code>ell</code> 
|| [[lttoolbox]]
|| ?
|align="right"| {{#lst:Apertium-ell/stats|stems}}
|align="right"| {{#lst:Apertium-ell/stats|paradigms}}
|align="center"| -
|| [[apertium-ell]] ([[languages]])
|| [[User:Francis Tyers|Fran]]
|-
|| <code>[[apertium-rup]]</code>
|| [[Aromanian]]
|| <code>-</code> 
|| <code>rup</code> 
|| [[lttoolbox]]
|| ?
|align="right"| {{#lst:Apertium-rup/stats|stems}}
|align="right"| {{#lst:Apertium-rup/stats|paradigms}}
|align="center"| -
|| [[apertium-rup]] ([[incubator]])
|| [[User: Francis Tyers|Fran]], shopskasalata
|-
|| <code>[[apertium-ron]]</code>
|| [[Romanian]]
|| <code>ro</code> 
|| <code>ron</code> 
|| [[lttoolbox]]
|| ?
|align="right"| ?
|align="right"| ?
|align="center"| -
|| [[apertium-ron-rup]] ([[incubator]])
|| [[User: Francis Tyers|Fran]]
|}

=== Balkan Language Classification <sup><small>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balkan_language_area#Languages]</small></sup>=== 
The languages that share these similarities belong to five distinct branches of the Indo-European languages:
* '''[[Albanian]]''': Arvanitika, Gheg, Tosk
* '''[[Hellenic languages]]''': [[Greek|Standard Greek]], Cappadocian Greek, Pontic Greek
* '''[[Romance languages]]''': [[Aromanian]], [[Romanian]], [[Moldovan]], Istro-Romanian, Megleno-Romanian
* '''[[Slavic languages]]'''
** '''[[Western South Slavic]]''': [[Serbo-Croatian]], [[Slovenian]]
** '''[[Eastern South Slavic]]''': [[Bulgarian]], [[Macedonian]]
* '''[[Indic languages]]''': [[Romani]]

=== Existing language pairs ===

==== Balkan-Balkan pairs ====

Text in ''italic'' denotes language pairs under development / in the incubator.  Regular text denotes a functioning language pair in staging, while text in '''bold''' denotes a stable well-working language pair in trunk.

{| style="text-align: center;" class="wikitable"
|- style="background: #ececec"
!           !!       bul       !!        mkd      !!       ron       !!       rup       !!       sqi     !!      ell      !!         hbs       !!        slv        !! tur
|-
| '''bul''' ||        -        || '''[[mk-bg]]''' ||                 ||                 ||               || ''[[bg-el]]'' ||                   ||                   ||     
|-
| '''mkd''' || '''[[mk-bg]]''' ||        -        ||                 ||                 || ''[[mk-sq]]'' ||               ||  '''[[sh-mk]]'''  ||   ''[[sl-mk]]''   ||               
|-
| '''ron''' ||                 ||                 ||        -        || ''[[ron-rup]]'' ||               ||               ||                   ||                   ||     
|-
| '''rup''' ||                 ||                 || ''[[ron-rup]]'' ||        -        ||               ||               ||                   ||                   ||      
|-
| '''sqi''' ||                 ||  ''[[mk-sq]]''  ||                 ||                 ||        -      ||               ||                   ||                   ||
|-
| '''ell''' ||  ''[[bg-el]]''  ||                 ||                 ||                 ||               ||       -       ||                   ||                   ||
|-
| '''hbs''' ||                 || '''[[sh-mk]]''' ||                 ||                 ||               ||               ||          -        || '''[[hbs-slv]]''' ||
|-
| '''slv''' ||                 ||  ''[[sl-mk]]''  ||                 ||                 ||               ||               || '''[[hbs-slv]]''' ||       -           ||
|-
| '''tur''' ||     ||                 ||               ||                 ||     ||               ||     ||                   ||  -
|}

==== Pairs with non-Balkan languages ====
{| style="text-align: center;" class="wikitable"
|- style="background: #ececec"
!             !!      bul      !!       mkd        !!       ron       !!   rup   !!      sqi      !!        ell      !!       hbs       !!       slv       !!  tur   
|-
|  '''el'''   || ''[[bg-el]]'' ||                  ||                 ||         ||               ||                 ||                 ||                 ||   
|-
|  '''ru'''   || ''[[bg-ru]]'' ||                  ||                 ||         ||               ||                 || ''[[hbs-rus]]'' ||                 ||
|-
|  '''en'''   || ''[[bg-en]]'' || '''[[mk-en]]'''  ||                 ||         || ''[[en-sq]]'' || ''[[ell-eng]]'' ||  ''[[sh-en]]''  ||                 || ''[[tr-en]]''
|-
|  '''it'''   ||               ||                  ||  ''[[ro-it]]''  ||         ||               ||                 ||                 ||  ''[[sl-it]]''  || 
|-
|  '''spa'''  ||               ||                  ||                 ||         ||               ||                 ||                 || ''[[slv-spa]]'' || 
|-
|  '''pol'''  ||               ||                  ||                 ||         ||               ||                 ||                 || ''[[slv-pol]]'' || 
|-
|  '''eo'''   || ''[[eo-bg]]'' ||                  ||                 ||         ||               ||  ''[[eo-el]]''  ||                 ||                 || 
|-
|  '''fr'''   ||               ||                  ||  ''[[fr-ro]]''  ||         ||               ||                 ||                 ||                 || 
|-
|  '''ca'''   ||               ||                  ||  ''[[ca-ro]]''  ||         ||               ||                 ||                 ||                 || 
|-
|  '''es'''   ||               ||                  || '''[[es-ro]]''' ||         ||               ||                 ||                 ||                 || 
|-
|  '''cs'''   ||               ||                  ||                 ||         ||               ||                 ||                 ||  ''[[cs-sl]]''  || 
|-
|  '''kir'''  ||               ||                  ||                 ||         ||               ||                 ||                 ||                 || ''[[tur-kir]]''
|-
|  '''tat'''  ||               ||                  ||                 ||         ||               ||                 ||                 ||                 || ''[[tur-tat]]''
|-
|  '''uzb'''  ||               ||                  ||                 ||         ||               ||                 ||                 ||                 || ''[[tur-uzb]]''
|-
|  '''aze'''   ||               ||                  ||                 ||         ||               ||                 ||                 ||                 || [[tur-aze]]
|-
|  '''cv'''   ||               ||                  ||                 ||         ||               ||                 ||                 ||                 || ''[[cv-tr]]''
|}

==== Table of dix progress ====
{| style="text-align: center;" class="wikitable"
|- style="background: #ececec"
!           !! bul !! mkd !! ron !! rup !! sqi !! ell !! hbs !! slv !! tur !! !! el !! ru !! en !! it !! spa !! pol !! eo !! fr !! ca !! es !! cs !! kir !! tat !! uzb !! aze !! cz
|-
| '''bul''' ||  - || {{#lst:Apertium-mk-bg/stats|stems}} ||    ||    ||    ||    ||    ||    ||    ||    || || ||    ||    ||    ||    ||    ||    ||    ||    ||    ||    ||    ||    ||    ||    
|-
| '''mkd''' || {{#lst:Apertium-mk-bg/stats|stems}} ||  - ||    ||    ||    ||    ||    ||    ||    ||    || || ||    ||    ||    ||    ||    ||    ||    ||    ||    ||    ||    ||    ||    ||    
|-
| '''ron''' ||    ||    ||  - ||    ||    ||    ||    ||    ||    ||    || || ||    ||    ||    ||    ||    ||    ||    ||    ||    ||    ||    ||    ||    ||    
|-
| '''rup''' ||    ||    ||    || -  ||    ||    ||    ||    ||    ||    || || ||    ||    ||    ||    ||    ||    ||    ||    ||    ||    ||    ||    ||    ||    
|-
| '''sqi''' ||    ||    ||    ||    || -  ||    ||    ||    ||    ||    || || ||    ||    ||    ||    ||    ||    ||    ||    ||    ||    ||    ||    ||    ||    
|-
| '''ell''' ||    ||    ||    ||    ||    ||  - ||    ||    ||    ||    || || ||    ||    ||    ||    ||    ||    ||    ||    ||    ||    ||    ||    ||    ||    
|-
| '''hbs''' ||    ||    ||    ||    ||    ||    || -  ||    ||    ||    || || ||    ||    ||    ||    ||    ||    ||    ||    ||    ||    ||    ||    ||    ||    
|-
| '''slv''' ||    ||    ||    ||    ||    ||    ||    || -  ||    ||    || || ||    ||    ||    ||    ||    ||    ||    ||    ||    ||    ||    ||    ||    ||  
|-
| '''tur''' ||    ||    ||    ||    ||    ||    ||    ||    ||  - ||    || || ||    ||    ||    ||    ||    ||    ||    ||    ||    ||    ||    ||    ||    ||  
|-
| ||    ||    ||    ||    ||    ||    ||    ||    ||  ||    || || ||    ||    ||    ||    ||    ||    ||    ||    ||    ||    ||    ||    ||    ||  
|-
|  '''el''' ||    ||    ||    ||    ||    ||    ||    ||    ||    ||  || - || ||    ||    ||    ||    ||    ||    ||    ||    ||    ||    ||    ||    ||    ||  
|-
|  '''ru''' ||    ||    ||    ||    ||    ||    ||    ||    ||    ||    || || -  ||    ||    ||    ||    ||    ||    ||    ||    ||    ||    ||    ||    ||    ||  
|-
|  '''en''' ||    ||    ||    ||    ||    ||    ||    ||    ||    ||    || || ||  -   ||    ||    ||    ||    ||    ||    ||    ||    ||    ||    ||    ||    ||  
|-
|  '''it''' ||    ||    ||    ||    ||    ||    ||    ||    ||    ||    || || ||   ||  -  ||    ||    ||    ||    ||    ||    ||    ||    ||    ||    ||    ||  
|-
|  '''spa''' ||    ||    ||    ||    ||    ||    ||    ||    ||    ||    || || ||    ||   || -  ||    ||    ||    ||    ||    ||    ||    ||    ||    ||    ||  
|-
|  '''pol''' ||    ||    ||    ||    ||    ||    ||    ||    ||    ||    || || ||    ||    ||   ||  -  ||    ||    ||    ||    ||    ||    ||    ||    ||    ||  
|-
|  '''eo''' ||    ||    ||    ||    ||    ||    ||    ||    ||    ||    || || ||    ||    ||    ||   ||  -  ||    ||    ||    ||    ||    ||    ||    ||    ||  
|-
|  '''fr''' ||    ||    ||    ||    ||    ||    ||    ||    ||    ||    || || ||    ||    ||    ||    ||   ||  -  ||    ||    ||    ||    ||    ||    ||    ||  
|-
|  '''ca''' ||    ||    ||    ||    ||    ||    ||    ||    ||    ||    || || ||    ||    ||    ||    ||    ||   ||  -  ||    ||    ||    ||    ||    ||    ||  
|-
|  '''es''' ||    ||    ||    ||    ||    ||    ||    ||    ||    ||    || || ||    ||    ||    ||    ||    ||    ||   ||  -  ||    ||    ||    ||    ||    ||  
|-
|  '''cs''' ||    ||    ||    ||    ||    ||    ||    ||    ||    ||    || || ||    ||    ||    ||    ||    ||    ||    ||   ||  -  ||    ||    ||    ||    ||  
|-
|  '''kir''' ||    ||    ||    ||    ||    ||    ||    ||    ||    ||    || || ||    ||    ||    ||    ||    ||    ||    ||    ||   ||  -  ||    ||    ||    ||  
|-
|  '''tat''' ||    ||    ||    ||    ||    ||    ||    ||    ||    ||    || || ||    ||    ||    ||    ||    ||    ||    ||    ||    ||   ||  -  ||    ||    ||  
|-
|  '''uzb''' ||    ||    ||    ||    ||    ||    ||    ||    ||    ||    || || ||    ||    ||    ||    ||    ||    ||    ||    ||    ||    ||   || -   ||    ||  
|-
|  '''aze''' ||    ||    ||    ||    ||    ||    ||    ||    ||    ||    || || ||    ||    ||    ||    ||    ||    ||    ||    ||    ||    ||    ||   ||  -  ||  
|-
|  '''cv''' ||    ||    ||    ||    ||    ||    ||    ||    ||    ||    || || ||    ||    ||    ||    ||    ||    ||    ||    ||    ||    ||    ||    ||   ||  -
|}

==Existing==

===Monolingual===

{|class="wikitable"
! Language          !! Module !! Paradigms !! Lemmata !! Coverage (SETimes) !! Coverage (Wikipedia)
|- 
| Bulgarian         || [[Macedonian and Bulgarian]] || 305  || 7873  || 88.1% || 77.15%
|- 
| Macedonian        || [[Macedonian and Bulgarian]] || 225  || 8094  || 92.1% ||  
|-
| Romanian          || [[Spanish and Romanian]]     || 997  || 18719 || 89.7% || 83.62%
|-
| Aromanian         || [[Incubator]]                || 17   || 28    ||   -   || 
|-
| Albanian          || [[Incubator]]                || 127  || 3302  || 80.2% || 65.62%
|-
| Greek             || [[Incubator]]                || 377  || 859   || 49.4% || 49.75% 
|-
| Serbo-Croatian    || [[Incubator]]                || 85   || 660   ||   -   || 
|-
| Slovenian         || [[Incubator]]                || 1128 || 20385 ||   -   ||
|-
| Turkish           ||  (external: [http://www.let.rug.nl/~coltekin/trmorph/ TRMorph])  || - || 37101 || || 
|-
|}

Languages missing: Roma

===Bilingual===

===Language pairs===

* [[Macedonian and Bulgarian]]
* [[Macedonian and English]]

==See also==

* [[North Germanic languages]]

==External links==

* [http://www.let.rug.nl/~coltekin/trmorph/ TRMorph]

[[Category:Balkan languages]]