tunci (トゥンチ) is a neural machine translator for the Ainu language — an indigenous language that originated in Northern Japan. It is designed to help Ainu learners easily look up words or check if their sentences are correct, thus contributing to the revitalization of the Ainu language.
- 🌍 Translation: Translate between Ainu and Japanese
- 🔤 Romanization: Convert Katakana script to Latin script
- 💬 Conversation / Folklore: You can select the context of the sentence to get a more accurate translation
- 📍 Dialects: You can select a dialect from nine different regions
- ✨ Examples: Get examples of how to use a word in a sentence
- 👯♀️ Alternatives: Get alternative translations for a word
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