Module:Tale-translit

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This module will transliterate text in the Tai Nüa script. It is used to transliterate Tai Nüa. 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:Tale-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.

local gsub = mw.ustring.gsub
local u = require("Module:string/char")

local export = {}

-- pattern ()(?)(?)(?)

local tt = {
	-- consonants
	 = "k",  = "x",  = "ng",  = "ts",  = "s",  = "y",
	 = "t",  = "th",  = "l",  = "p",  = "ph",  = "m",
	 = "f",  = "w",  = "h",  = "ʼ",  = "kh",  = "tsh",  = "n",
	-- vowels
	 = "aa",  = "i",  = "e",  = "ae",  = "u",
	 = "o",  = "oa",  = "ue",  = "oe",  = "aue",
	 = "y",
}

local tone_table = {
	-- different ordering from Unicode: http://www.seasite.niu.edu/tai/TaiDehong/index.htm
	-- also supports old orthography
	 = u(0x0308),  = u(0x0308),  = u(0x0308), -- 2 ä
	 = u(0x030C),  = u(0x030C),  = u(0x030C), -- 3 ǎ
	 = u(0x0300),  = u(0x0300),  = u(0x0300),  = u(0x0300), -- 4 à
	 = u(0x0307),  = u(0x0307),  = u(0x0307), -- 5 ȧ
	 = u(0x0301),  = u(0x0301),  = u(0x0301),  = u(0x0301), -- 1 á
	 = "", -- 6 a
}

local tone_key = "([ᥰ-ᥴ"
	.. u(0x0308) .. u(0x00A8)
	.. u(0x030C) .. u(0x02C7)
	.. u(0x0300) .. u(0x0060) .. u(0x02CB)
	.. u(0x0307) .. u(0x02D9)
	.. u(0x0301) .. u(0x00B4) .. u(0x02CA) .. "]?)"

function export.tr(text, lang, sc)

	if type(text) == "table" then -- called directly from a template
		text = text.args
	end

	text = gsub(text, "()()", "%1a%2")
	text = gsub(text, ".", tt)

	-- adds tone diacritic
	local new
	for old in mw.text.gsplit(text, " ") do
		new = gsub(old, "()(*)" .. tone_key, function(v, x, t)
			return v .. tone_table .. x
			end)
		text = gsub(text, old, new, 1)
	end

	return text

end

return export
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