Modulus:ta-translit
Purpose
+/-This module will transliterate text written in “Lingua Tamulica”.
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:ta-translit/testcases.
Functions
+/-tr(text, lang, sc)
- Transliterates a given piece of
text
written in the script specified bysc
, and language specified bylang
. When the transliteration fails, returnsnil
.
local export = {}
local consonants = {
['க']='k' , ['ங']='ṅ' , ['ச']='c' , ['ஞ']='ñ' , ['ட']='ṭ' , ['ண']='ṇ' , ['த']='t' ,
['ந']='n' , ['ப']='p', ['ம']='m' , ['ய']='y' , ['ர']='r' , ['ல']='l' , ['வ']='v' ,
['ழ']='ḻ' , ['ள']='ḷ' , ['ற']='ṟ' , ['ன']='ṉ' , ['ஶ']='ś' , ['ஜ']='j' , ['ஷ']='ṣ' ,
['ஸ']='s' , ['ஹ']='h' , ['ஃப']='f' , ['ஃஜ']='z' , ['ஃஸ']='x' ,
['ஃ']='ḥ' ,
}
local diacritics = {
['ா']= 'ā' , ['ி']='i' , ['ீ']='ī' , ['ு']='u' , ['ூ']='ū' , ['ெ']='e' ,
['ே']='ē' , ['ை']='ai' , ['ொ']='o' , ['ோ']='ō' , ['ௌ']='au' ,
['்']='', --halant, supresses the inherent vowel "a"
-- no diacritic
[''] = 'a'
}
local nonconsonants = {
-- vowels
['அ']='a' , ['ஆ']='ā' , ['இ']='i' , ['ஈ']='ī' , ['உ']='u' , ['ஊ']='ū' ,
['எ']='e' , ['ஏ']='ē' , ['ஐ']='ai' , ['ஒ']='o' , ['ஓ']='ō' , ['ஔ']='au' ,
-- other symbols
-- ['ஃ']='' ,
}
-- translit any words or phrases
function export.tr(text, lang, sc)
text = mw.ustring.gsub(
text,
'(ஃ?)([கஙசஞடணதநபமயரலவழளறனஶஜஷஸஹ])'..
'([ாிீுூெேைொோௌ்]?)',
function(h, c, d)
return (consonants[h..c] or consonants[h] .. (consonants[c] or c)) .. diacritics[d]
end)
text = mw.ustring.gsub(text, '.', nonconsonants)
return text
end
return export