Module:Lisu-translit

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This module will transliterate text in the Fraser script. It is used to transliterate Zaiwa, Lisu, and Naxi. 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:Lisu-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.

--[==[
Transliteration scheme is that used in David Bradley's Southern Lisu Dictionary (2006): https://stedt.berkeley.edu/pubs_and_prods/STEDT_Monograph4_Southern-Lisu-Dict.pdf ]==]

local export = {}
local gsub = mw.ustring.gsub

local oneChar = {
	 = "b",  = "p",  = "pʰ",  = "d",  = "t",  = "tʰ",  = "g",  = "k",  = "kʰ",  = "dʒ",  = "tʃ",  = "tʃʰ",  = "dz",  = "ts",  = "tsʰ",  = "m",  = "n",  = "l",  = "s",  = "ʐ",  = "z",  = "ŋ",  = "h̃",  = "x",  = "h",  = "f",  = "w",  = "ʃ",  = "j",  = "jʰ",  = "ɣ",
	 = "ɑ",  = "æ",  = "e",  = "ø",  = "i",  = "o",  = "u",  = "y",  = "ɯ",  = "ɤ",
	 = "́",  = "̌",  = "̱",  = "",  = "̱̀",  = "̀",
	 = "̃",  = "ɑ",
	 = ",",  = ".",
}

local twoChars = {
	 = "ɲ",
}

local threeChars = {
	 = "dʐɑ",  = "tʂɑ",  = "tʂʰɑ",  = "ʂɑ",
	 = "dʒɑ",  = "tʃɑ",  = "tʃʰɑ",  = "ʃɑ",
	 = "ꓺꓽ?"
}

function export.tr(text, lang, sc)
	local UTF8_char = "*"
	
	text = gsub(text, "()()(+)", "%1%3%2")
	text = gsub(text, "()()()", "%1%3%2")
	text = gsub(text, "%f+%f", "%0ꓮ")
	text = gsub(text, "ˍ%f", "%0ꓺ")
	text = gsub(text, "()()()", "%1%2%1%3")
	text = gsub(text, "%f()", "ɣ%1")
	text = gsub(text, "ꓮ(+)()", "%2%1")
	text = gsub(text, "()ꓲ", "%1ɨ")
	text = gsub(text, "()ꓵ", "%1ɨ")
	text = gsub(text, "()ꓬ(ꓲ)", "%1%2")
	text = gsub(text, "()ꓬ(ꓵ)", "%1%2")
	text = gsub(text, "(?)ꓲ%f", "%1j")
	text = gsub(text, "(?)ꓳ%f", "%1w")
	text = gsub(text, "()(ꓮ?)%f", "%1\1%2")
	
	for trigraph, replacement in pairs(threeChars) do
		text = text:gsub(trigraph, replacement)
	end
	
	for digraph, replacement in pairs(twoChars) do
		text = text:gsub(digraph, replacement)
	end
	
	return (text:gsub(UTF8_char, oneChar))
end

return export
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