title: Python bigram - foreign script
body: <p>I am finding a list of bigrams using Python that include foreign text: Arabic, Russian, Farsi</p>
  
  <p>The results show as such: ('\xd9\x85\xd9\x86\xd8\xa7\xd8\xb8\xd8\xb1\xd9\x87', '\xd9\x85\xd9\x88\xd8\xb3\xd9\x88\xdb\x8c')</p>
  
  <p>What is this script called and how can I convert it to its Arabic/Russian/Farsi counterpart.</p>
  
  <p>I am running this on the terminal in MAC OS using NLTK. </p>