drwwww / cldf-to-anki

Python script to generate an Anki deck from a CLDF dictionary

CLDF to Anki

Python script to generate an Anki deck from a Cross-Linguistic Data Formats (CLDF) dictionary.

Requirements

• Python 3
  • genanki (a Python 3 library for generating Anki decks)
  • pandas
  • json
  • re
  • random

How-to

1. Choose a dictionary on https://dictionaria.clld.org/contributions.
2. Follow the dictionary's DOI link to Zenodo (e.g., DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.3067648).
3. Download the dictionary's .zip file (e.g., dictionaria-hdi-b795079.zip)
4. Unzip the contents to a handy directory and copy the path to your clipboard.
5. Run the Python script cldf_to_anki.py.
6. Follow the prompts to:
   • Paste the path to your dictionary's json and csv files
   • Name your Anki deck
   • Save deck as...
7. Import your newly created deck (.apkg file) into Anki.
8. Study!