Module:az-translit

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This module will transliterate Azerbaijani language text. 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:az-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 export = {}

local single_letters = {
	='a', ='A',  ='b', ='B',  ='v', ='V',
	='q', ='Q',  ='d', ='D',  ='e', ='E',
	='yo',='Yo', ='j', ='J',  ='z', ='Z',
	='i', ='İ',  ='y', ='Y',  ='k', ='K',
	='l', ='L',  ='m', ='M',  ='n', ='N',
	='o', ='O',  ='p', ='P',  ='r', ='R',
	='s', ='S',  ='t', ='T',  ='u', ='U',
	='f', ='F',  ='x', ='X',  ='s',='S',
	='ç', ='Č',  ='ş', ='Ş',  ='şç',='Şç',
	='',  ='',   ='ı', ='I',  ='ʹ', ='ʹ',
	='e', ='E',  ='yu',='Yu', ='ya',='Ya',
	='y', ='Y',  ='h',  ='H', ='ğ',  ='Ğ',
	='ə',  ='Ə', ='ö',  ='Ö', ='ü',  ='Ü',
	='ç',  ='Ç', ='g',  ='G',
}

function export.tr(text, lang, sc)

    if not sc then
        sc = require("Module:languages").getByCode("az"):findBestScript(text):getCode()
    end

    if sc == "Arab" then
        text = nil
    elseif sc == "Latn" then
        text = nil
    elseif sc == "Cyrl" then
        text = mw.ustring.gsub(text, "()()",
                               function(pos, iotated)
            -- modifier letter apostrophe or right single quotation mark
            local preceding = mw.ustring.sub(text, math.max(1, pos - 2),
                                             math.max(0, pos - 1))
            local capital = iotated == "Е" or iotated == "Ю"
            local lower = mw.ustring.lower(iotated)

            local translit
            if preceding == "" or mw.ustring.match(preceding,
                                                   "?$") then
                if capital then
                    if lower == "ю" then
                        return "Yu"
                    elseif lower == "ё" then
                        return "Yo"
                    else
                        return "Ye"
                    end
                else
                    if lower == "ю" then
                        return "yu"
                    elseif lower == "ё" then
                        return "yo"
                    else
                        return "ye"
                    end
                end
            else
                if capital then
                    if lower == "ю" then
                        return "Ü"
                    elseif lower == "ё" then
                        return "Ö"
                    else
                        return "E"
                    end
                else
                    if lower == "ю" then
                        return "ü"
                    elseif lower == "ё" then
                        return "ö"
                    else
                        return "e"
                    end
                end
            end
            return translit
        end)

        text = mw.ustring.gsub(text, '.', single_letters)
    end

    return text
end
return export