rasmify.js v1.0.1

Description

Reduce arabic text to its rasm, i.e. remove vocalization marks, diacritics so you only are left with a basic consonant skeleton.

For example, the first verse of the Qur'an as found on corpuscoranicum.de:

Compare the following examples:

Text with diacritics etc

Text without diacritics (rasmified)

Installation

Require this package using npm. Run the following command in the terminal:

npm install rasmify.js

Usage

To convert an arabic string to its rasm, use the following code:

var rasmify = require('rasmify');

var arabicString = 'الفَاتِحَة';

// Should output الڡاٮحه
rasmify(arabicString);