Module:Cans-translit

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This module will transliterate text in the Canadian syllabic script. The module should preferably not be called directly from templates or other modules. To use it from a template, use {{xlit}}. Within a module, use Module:languages#Language:transliterate.

For testcases, see Module:Cans-translit/testcases.

Functions

tr(text, lang, sc)
Transliterates a given piece of text written in the script specified by the code sc, and language specified by the code lang.
When the transliteration fails, returns nil.
{
	 = {
		 = {
			 = "ᑊ",
			 = "p",
		},
		 = {
			 = "ᐟ",
			 = "t",
		},
		 = {
			 = "ᐠ",
			 = "k",
		},
		 = {
			 = "ᐨ",
			 = "c",
		},
		 = {
			 = "ᒼ",
			 = "m",
		},
		 = {
			 = "ᐣ",
			 = "n",
		},
		 = {
			 = "ᐢ",
			 = "s",
		},
		 = {
			 = "ᐧ",
			 = "y",
		},
		 = {
			 = "ᐤ",
			 = "w",
		},
		 = {
			 = "ᐦ",
			 = "h",
		},
		 = {
			 = "ᕁ",
			 = "hk",
		},
		 = {
			 = "ᕽ",
			 = "hk",
		},
		 = {
			 = "ᓫ",
			 = "l",
		},
		 = {
			 = "ᕑ",
			 = "r",
		},
		 = {
			 = "ᑉ",
			 = "p",
		},
		 = {
			 = "ᑦ",
			 = "t",
		},
		 = {
			 = "ᒡ",
			 = "c",
		},
		 = {
			 = "ᒃ",
			 = "k",
		},
		 = {
			 = "ᒻ",
			 = "m",
		},
		 = {
			 = "ᓐ",
			 = "n",
		},
		 = {
			 = "ᔅ",
			 = "s",
		},
		 = {
			 = "ᔥ",
			 = "š",
		},
		 = {
			 = "ᔾ",
			 = "y",
		},
		 = {
			 = "ᓪ",
			 = "l",
		},
		 = {
			 = "ᕐ",
			 = "r",
		},
		 = {
			 = "ᕪ",
			 = "ð",
		},
		 = {
			 = "‡",
			 = "ð",
		},
		 = {
			 = "ᒄ",
			 = "kw",
		},
		 = {
			 = "ᔉ",
			 = "sk",
		},
		 = {
			 = "ᖅ",
			 = "q",
		},
		 = {
			 = "ᖕ",
			 = "ng",
		},
		 = {
			 = "ᖖ",
			 = "nng",
		},
		 = {
			 = "ᕝ",
			 = "v",
		},
		 = {
			 = "ᖦ",
			 = "l",
		},
		 = {
			 = "ᕀ",
			 = "y",
		},
		 = {
			 = "ᕻ",
			 = "h",
		},
		 = {
			 = "ᕼ",
			 = "h",
		},
	},
}

local export = {}
-- to be discussed: not to create this module, but create individual modules instead?

local UTF8_char = "*"
	
local function iter_char(str)
	return string.gmatch(str, UTF8_char)
end

local function len(str)
	local _, length = string.gsub(str, UTF8_char, "")
	return length
end

local function fetch(str, index)
	local i = 0
	for char in iter_char(str) do
		i = i + 1
		if i == index then
			return char
		end
	end
	return ""
end

function export.tr(text, lang, sc)
	local data = {
		{ --short-vowel
			"ᐁᐃᐅᐊᐯᐱᐳᐸᑌᑎᑐᑕᑫᑭᑯᑲᒉᒋᒍᒐᒣᒥᒧᒪᓀᓂᓄᓇᓭᓯᓱᓴᔦᔨᔪᔭᖊᖋᖌᖍᕃᕆᕈᕍᕂᕄᕊᕋᔐᔑᔓᔕᕓᕕᕗᕙᕞᕠᕤᕦᘚᘛᘕᘔᓓᓕᓗᓚᙯᕿᖁᖃᙰᖏᖑᖓ ᙱᙳᙵᕴᕵᕷᕹ",
			"1ptkcmnsyrrršfðzlq23h",
			{"","ng","nng"},
			"eioa",
			function(a,b)
				return a..b
			end
		},
		{ --w
			"ᐌᐍᐎᐏᐒᐓᐗᐘᐺᐻᐼᐽᑀᑁᑄᑅᑗᑘᑙᑚᑝᑞᑡᑢᑴᑵᑶᑷᑺᑻᑾᑿᒒᒓᒔᒕᒘᒙᒜᒝᒬᒭᒮᒯᒲᒳᒶᒷ"
				.. "ᓉᓊ  ᓋᓌ  ᓶᓷᓸᓹᓼᓽᔀᔁᔯᔰᔱᔲᔵᔶᔹᔺᔗᔘᔙᔚᔝᔞᔡᔢᓜᓝᓞᓟᓢᓣᓦᓧ",
			"1ptkcmnsyrz",
			{""},
			"eeiiooaa",
			function(a,b)
				return a..'w'..b
			end
		},
		{ --long-vowel
			"ᐄᐆᐋᐲᐴᐹᑏᑑᑖᑮᑰᑳᒌᒎᒑᒦᒨᒫᓃᓅᓈᓰᓲᓵᔩᔫᔮᕇᕉᕌᔒᔔᔖᕖᕘᕚᕢᕥᕧᓖᓘᓛᐐᐔᐙᖀᖂᖄᕶᕸᕺ",
			"1ptkcmnsyršfðlwqh",
			{""},
			"īōā",
			function(a,b)
				return a..b
			end
		},
		{ --w-long
			"ᐐᐑᐔᐕᐖᐙᐚᐛᐾᐿᑂᑃ ᑆᑇᑈᑛᑜᑟᑠ ᑣᑤᑥᑸᑹᑼᑽ ᒀᒁᒂᒖᒗᒚᒛ ᒞᒟᒠᒰᒱᒴᒵ ᒸᒹᒺ     ᓍᓎᓏ"
				.. "ᓠᓡᓤᓥ ᓨᓩ ᓺᓻᓾᓿ ᔂᔃᔄᔛᔜᔟᔠ ᔣᔤ ᔳᔴᔷᔸ ᔻᔼᔽ     ᕎᕏ      ᕛᕜ      ᕨᕩ ",
			"1ptkcmnlsšyrfð",
			{""},
			"īīōōōāāā",
			function(a,b)
				return a..'w'..b
			end
		},
		{ --individual
			"ᑊᐟᐠᐨᒼᐣᐢᐧᐤᐦᕁᕽᓫᕑᑉᑦᒡᒃᒻᓐᔅᔥᔾᓪᕐᕪ‡ᒄᔉᖅᖕᖖᕝᖦᕀᕻᕼ",
			"ptkcmnsywh11lrptckmnsšylrðð23q45vlyhh",
			{"hk","kw","sk","ng","nng"},
		},
	}
	
	for i, item in pairs(data) do
		if item then
			local length = len(item)
			local c = 0
			for s in iter_char(item) do
				c = c + 1
				local index = math.ceil(c / length)
				local a = fetch(item, index)
				if tonumber(a) then
					a = item
				end
				index = (c - 1) % length + 1
				local b = fetch(item, index)
				if s ~= " " then
					text = string.gsub(text, s, item(a,b))
				end
			end
		else
			local iter1, iter2 = iter_char(item), iter_char(item)
			while true do
				local s, a = iter1(), iter2()
				if not (s and a) then
					break
				end
				if tonumber(a) then
					a = item
				end
				text = string.gsub(text, s, a)
			end
		end
	end
	return text
end

return export