Tifinagh Character Recognition Using Geodesic Distances, Decision Trees &amp; Neural Networks

Bencharef, Omar; Fakir, Mohamed; Minaoui, Brahim; Bouikhalene, Belaid

doi:10.14569/specialissue.2011.010308

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“…Arabic were collected and recorded. For the first time in an ethnozoological study, Riffian names have been written in Riffian format (Tifinagh, in the script for this language accepted by the Royal Institute of Amazigh Culture [IRCAM] [57];). Westermarck [58] previously presented animal names in the Tifinagh of some tribes, but only as a phonetic transcription.…”

Section: Species Vernacular Names In Both Riffian and Moroccanmentioning

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“…One of 20 wild species extant in the Rif and used in ethnozoology, T. graeca, is globally threatened (Vulnerable, IUCN Red List category [92];), although considered Low Concern at the regional level of Morocco [57]. Two more species utilized are globally threatened (P. leo and G. cuvieri, both vulnerable), but are regionally extinct.…”

Section: Current Extent and Historical Analysis Of Usesmentioning

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Ethnozoology among the Berbers: pre-Islamic practices survive in the Rif (northwestern Africa)

Budjaj

Benítez

Pleguezuelos

2021

J Ethnobiology Ethnomedicine

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Background Ethnozoological knowledge is less documented than ethnobotanical. With this field study, we aim to record and analyze the Riffian Berber knowledge about the use of animals in traditional human and veterinary medicine. Our research question is what is their knowledge of ethnozoological practices? Methods We performed semi-structured interviews with local inhabitants in Riffian vernacular language. The reliability of the sampling effort was assessed by a rarefaction curve. Data were compared with previous studies in order to determine the geographical and historical extensions of described uses and possible conservation implications for the species used. Results We obtained information regarding 107 ethnozoological uses based on 197 use reports. Among the 31 species used, mammals were most frequently cited. Diseases related to the traditional medicinal system were most frequently treated with these resources, as well as those of the respiratory, digestive, and musculoskeletal systems. Thirty percent of uses are associated with magico-religious practices. Only three of the species used are threatened at the global level, two of them extinct in the study area, indicating low potential damage to regional biodiversity from current practices utilizing native animals. Within modern Morocco, Riffians have continued practicing ethnozoological uses anathema to Islam, like the consumption of animals considered impure (dogs, jackals, wild boars, and hyenas). Conclusions The use of primarily mammalian species and of many animal body parts is likely related to the Berber belief in homology between the area of the human body in which the ailment occurs and the corresponding animal body part. These findings unveil the nature of ethnozoological practices, highly linked to folklore and culture-bound conditions, and lacking in the Western empirical rationale for nearly one third of reported uses. The consumption of animals considered impure according to Islam was probably initiated before the conquering of the Maghreb by Arabs in the seventh century and was maintained through the secular isolation of Riffians in mountain areas. This can reflect traditional healing habits being maintained over thousands of years.

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Section: Species Vernacular Names In Both Riffian and Moroccanmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Current Extent and Historical Analysis Of Usesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Ethnozoology among the Berbers: pre-Islamic practices survive in the Rif (northwestern Africa)

Budjaj

Benítez

Pleguezuelos

2021

J Ethnobiology Ethnomedicine

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“…Recent proposed approaches for the recognition of printed Tifinagh characters are generally based on the hybridization of several descriptors [3,4], classifiers [5,6], or both [7]; which gives very good results in terms of recognition rate. In return, combining several descritpors / classifiers increases significantly the compexity of the system.…”

Section: Fig 1: Tifinagh Of the Royal Institute Of Amazigh Culture Imentioning

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Tifinagh Character Recognition using Harris Corner Detector and Graph Representation

Ouadid¹,

Boutaounte²,

Fakir³

et al. 2016

IJCA

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In this article, a printed Tifinagh character recognition system is presented. It is composed of three main steps: preprocessing, features extraction and classification. In the preprocessing step, binarization, normalization and thinning are applied to enhance the quality of the image. In the feature extraction step, corners are extracted using Harris Corner Detection method then represented by graph. In the classification step, graphs are compared using a graph matching method. Experimental results are obtained using IRCAM database to test the effectiveness. The system shows good results in terms of accuracy.

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“…The Tifinagh alphabet has several characters that can be obtained from others by a simple rotation, which makes invariant descriptors commonly used less effective. For this reason, we used a combination of Geodesic descriptors [5] and Zernike moments [6].…”

Section: Features Extractionmentioning

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Application of Data Mining Tools for Recognition of Tifinagh Characters

Oujaoura¹,

Ayachi²,

Bencharef³

et al. 2013

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Tifinagh Character Recognition Using Geodesic Distances, Decision Trees & Neural Networks

Cited by 9 publications

References 13 publications

Ethnozoology among the Berbers: pre-Islamic practices survive in the Rif (northwestern Africa)

Ethnozoology among the Berbers: pre-Islamic practices survive in the Rif (northwestern Africa)

Tifinagh Character Recognition using Harris Corner Detector and Graph Representation

Application of Data Mining Tools for Recognition of Tifinagh Characters

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