Re: Mini-Language for hyphenation

On 21/01/2025 12:53, Stefan Ram wrote:

   I foresee the need for a mini-language for hyphenation in
   my current plain-text paragraph wrapper project. Here are
   my plans, comments are welcome:

I would recommend you look at Tex's hyphenation algorithm and dictionary lists, rather than inventing your own.  Then you can re-use existing hyphenation patterns and exception lists for countless different languages.  It includes support for hyphenation patterns that lead to changes in the spelling, ligatures, diacriticals or other effects.  Your examples "backen" and "Bettuch" are even included in the TeXbook.