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Recent Posts

Asheninka: a Syllable Parser
19 May 2026

Version 1.3.0 is now available

Version 1.3.0 of the Asheninka syllable parsing tool is now available. It has several new features: It adds the original “Hyphen” approach used by the 1987 Hyphen program. It fixes a bug w… read more

LingTree
19 May 2026

Version 1.7.1 of LingTree is now available.

Version 1.7.1 of LingTree is now available. The macOS installer is signed. This version also fixes a bug so that you can change the user interface language. You can download the new version at https:/… read more

LingTree
15 May 2026

New Version of DiagSap: version 1.3.0

DiagSap is a tool to create Philippine-style word diagrams (DiagSap is short for “diagramang sapin-sapin” which is Tagalog for “layered diagram.”) The user documentation is ava… read more