LZWL

LZWL is a syllable-based variant of the character-based LZW compression algorithm.

LZWL can work with syllables obtained by all algorithms of decomposition into syllables. This algorithm can be used for words too.

Syllables

According Compact Oxford English Dictionary syllable is defined as: ‘A unit of pronunciation having one vowel sound, with or without surrounding consonants, and forming all or part of a word.’

As the decomposition to syllables is used in data compression, it is not necessary to decompose words into syllables always correctly.

Algorithm

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