SEEU Review vol. 5 Nr. 2 (pdf) - South East European University

Mentor Hamiti, Visar Shehu and Agni Dika
The compound letters, also known as bigrams, are formed by linking two
Latin characters in one single letter for representing a single phoneme in the
Albanian language. There are 9 in total [3]: dh, gj, ll, nj, rr, sh, th, xh, zh.
These letters represent another challenge for computer analysis, because the
combination of two characters should be treated as a single letter. Thus, one
string should be treated as a single character. Usually, the problem is solved
by implementing different algorithms in programming.
Based on the two above-mentioned characteristics, we can conclude that
the existing software for textual analysis of other languages, for example the
English language, cannot be used for a thorough analysis of texts written in
the Albanian language because the Albanian language in this matter is more
complex. For this reason, we do not have any other choice than to use
programming languages and to write an original application specifically for
the textual analysis of texts written in the Albanian language.
III. 2. Rules of the division of words into syllables and the respective
algorithm
To use programming languages in searching for the identification of
syllables, there must be previously defined strict rules which must be
respected, based on theoretical and professional knowledge of linguistics and
related to the possible configuration of syllables. So the design of an
algorithm is needed, which will take into account all possible cases of letters
combination in correlation vowel-consonant and due to the defined rules,
will bring correct decisions for the division of words into syllables.
Respecting the rules of phonetic separation of words in the Albanian
language, syllables of all possible configurations and in order to design an
effective algorithm, there are five categories with the following conditions:
1. A word has got as many syllables as is the number of vowels within
the V word. Also a single voice can represent a syllable.
2. Case VCV, always treated as a V-CV. So, a consonant between
vowels, regularly goes with the second forming syllable. Ex: a-ra,
di-ta, na-ta, je-ta, etc.
3. As a more complicated case is treated, when between two vowels
there are two consonant VC1C2V , then two cases occur:
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