Module:gin-translit

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This module will transliterate Hinukh language text per WT:GIN TR. 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:gin-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 u = require("Module:string/char")

local export = {}

local mapping1 = {
	 = "p",  = "b",
	 = "t",  = "d",
	 = "k",  = "g",
	 = "c",  = "č",
	 = "s",  = "z",  = "š",  = "ž",  = "x",
	 = "m",  = "n",
	 = "r",  = "l",
	 = "v",  = "y",
	 = "i",  = "e",  = "e",  = "a",  = "o",  = "u",  = "ü",
	 = "ʾ",
}

local mapping2 = {
	 = "p’",  = "t’",  = "k’",  = "q’",
	 = "c’",  = "ƛ",  = "ƛ’",  = "c’",  = "q",
	 = "λ",  = "ġ",  = "ḥ",  = "a̯",  = "h",
	 = "k’ʷ",  = "qʷ",  = "q’ʷ",  = "ġʷ",  = "xʷ",
}

function export.tr(text, lang, sc)
	local str_gsub = string.gsub
	local UTF8_char = "*"
	
	-- Convert capital to lowercase palochka.
	text = str_gsub(text, u(0x4C0), u(0x4CF))
	
	for pat, repl in pairs(mapping2) do
		text = str_gsub(text, pat, repl)
	end
	text = str_gsub(text, UTF8_char, mapping1)

	return text
end

return export