diff --git a/scripts/geodata/categories/__init__.py b/scripts/geodata/categories/__init__.py
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diff --git a/scripts/geodata/categories/config.py b/scripts/geodata/categories/config.py
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+import csv
+import os
+import six
+import random
+import sys
+
+from collections import defaultdict
+
+this_dir = os.path.realpath(os.path.dirname(__file__))
+sys.path.append(os.path.realpath(os.path.join(this_dir, os.pardir, os.pardir)))
+
+from geodata.encoding import safe_decode
+
+CATEGORIES_DIR = os.path.join(this_dir, os.pardir, os.pardir, os.pardir,
+                              'resources', 'categories')
+
+
+class CategoryConfig(object):
+    def __init__(self, base_dir=CATEGORIES_DIR):
+        self.language_categories_singular = {}
+        self.language_categories_plural = {}
+
+        if not os.path.exists(base_dir):
+            raise RuntimeError('{} does not exist'.format(base_dir))
+
+        for filename in os.listdir(base_dir):
+            if not filename.endswith('.tsv'):
+                continue
+
+            lang = filename.rsplit('.tsv')[0]
+            base_lang = lang.split('_')[0]
+
+            singular_rules = self.language_categories_singular.get(base_lang, defaultdict(list))
+            plural_rules = self.language_categories_plural.get(base_lang, defaultdict(list))
+
+            reader = csv.reader(open(os.path.join(CATEGORIES_DIR, filename)), delimiter='\t')
+            reader.next()  # headers
+
+            for key, value, is_plural, phrase in reader:
+                is_plural = bool(int(is_plural))
+                if is_plural:
+                    plural_rules[(key, value)].append(phrase)
+                else:
+                    singular_rules[(key, value)].append(phrase)
+
+            self.language_categories_singular[base_lang] = singular_rules
+            self.language_categories_plural[base_lang] = plural_rules
+
+        self.language_categories_singular = {key: dict(value) for key, value
+                                             in six.iteritems(self.language_categories_singular)}
+
+        self.language_categories_plural = {key: dict(value) for key, value
+                                           in six.iteritems(self.language_categories_plural)}
+
+    def get_phrase(self, language, key, value, is_plural=False):
+        config = self.language_categories_singular if not is_plural else self.language_categories_plural
+        if language not in config:
+            return None
+        language_config = config[language]
+        choices = language_config.get((key, value))
+        if not choices:
+            return None
+        return random.choice(choices)
+
+category_config = CategoryConfig()