Discrimination between Serbian and Slovenian language by texture analysis

The paper proposed the method for the language identification according to texture analysis. First, the algorithm encrypted the text given in different languages to the cipher based on the baseline status of each script element in text. Then, the cipher was subjected to the texture analysis. The aim of this analysis was the extraction of texture features. Obtained texture features showed significant diversity between languages. Hence, they were suitable for creating the discrimination and identification criteria between languages. The proposed method was tested on Serbian and Slovenian documents from custom oriented database. The experiments gave encouraging results.