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metaphonebr

Custom 'MetaphoneBR' Phonetic Encoding for Brazilian Names

v0.0.5 · Sep 18, 2025 · MIT + file LICENSE

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Simplifies Brazilian names phonetically using a custom 'metaphoneBR' algorithm that preserves ending vowels. Useful for name matching processing preserving gender information carried generally by ending vowels in Portuguese. Mation (2025) <doi:10.6082/uchicago.15104>.

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new 0.0.5 Mar 10, 2026
updated 0.0.5 ← 0.0.4 diff Sep 17, 2025
new 0.0.4 Jul 16, 2025