Module:oty-translit
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This module will transliterate Old Tamil 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:oty-translit/testcases.
Functions
edittr(text, lang, sc)
- Transliterates a given piece of
text
written in the script specified by the codesc
, and language specified by the codelang
. - When the transliteration fails, returns
nil
.
local export = {}
local u = mw.ustring.char
local consonants = {
--consonants
['𑀓']='k', ['𑀔']='kh', ['𑀕']='g', ['𑀖']='gh', ['𑀗']='ṅ',
['𑀘']='c', ['𑀙']='ch', ['𑀚']='j', ['𑀛']='jh', ['𑀜']='ñ',
['𑀝']='ṭ', ['𑀞']='ṭh', ['𑀟']='ḍ', ['𑀠']='ḍh', ['𑀡']='ṇ',
['𑀢']='t', ['𑀣']='th', ['𑀤']='d', ['𑀥']='dh', ['𑀦']='n',
['𑀧']='p', ['𑀨']='ph', ['𑀩']='b', ['𑀪']='bh', ['𑀫']='m',
['𑀬']='y', ['𑀭']='r', ['𑀮']='l', ['𑀯']='v', ['𑀴']='ḷ',
['𑀰']='ś', ['𑀱']='ṣ', ['𑀲']='s', ['𑀳']='h',
-- Old Tamil
[u(0x11075)] = 'ḷ',
['𑀵']='ḻ', ['𑀶']='ṟ', ['𑀷'] ='ṉ',
}
local diacritics = {
--matras
['𑀸']='ā', ['𑀺']='i', ['𑀻']='ī', ['𑀼']='u', ['𑀽']='ū', ['𑀾']='ṛ', ['𑀿']='ṝ',
['𑁀']='l̥', ['𑁁']='l̥̄', ['𑁂']='e', ['𑁃']='ai', ['𑁄']='o', ['𑁅']='au', ['𑁆']='',
--bhattiprolu aa
['𑀹']='ā',
--Old Tamil
['𑁳']='ĕ', ['𑁴']='ŏ', [u(0x11070)]='',
-- Old Tamil up to and including Unicode 13.0
['𑁂𑁆']='ĕ', ['𑁄𑁆']='ŏ', -- Two character vowels!
}
local diatrema = {
['𑀇']='ï', ['𑀉']='ü',
}
local tt = {
--vowels
['𑀅']='a', ['𑀆']='ā', ['𑀇']='i', ['𑀈']='ī', ['𑀉']='u', ['𑀊']='ū', ['𑀋']='ṛ', ['𑀌']='ṝ',
['𑀍']='l̥', ['𑀎']='l̥̄', ['𑀏']='e', ['𑀐']='ai', ['𑀑']='o', ['𑀒']='au',
['𑁱']='ĕ', ['𑁲']='ŏ', --Old Tamil
-- chandrabindu
['𑀀']='m̐', --until a better method is found
-- anusvara
['𑀁']='ṃ', --until a better method is found
-- visarga
['𑀂']='ḥ',
--numerals
['𑁦']='0', ['𑁧']='1', ['𑁨']='2', ['𑁩']='3', ['𑁪']='4', ['𑁫']='5', ['𑁬']='6', ['𑁭']='7', ['𑁮']='8', ['𑁯']='9',
--punctuation
['𑁇']='.', --danda
['𑁈']='.' --double danda
}
function export.tr(text, lang, sc)
if sc ~= "Brah" then
return nil
end
if lang == "pra" then -- Route contextually shortened Prakrit vowels through Old Tamil short vowels
text = mw.ustring.gsub(text, '(𑁂)([𑀅-𑀳]?)(𑁆)([𑀅-𑀳]?)', '𑁳%2%3%4')
text = mw.ustring.gsub(text, '(𑀏)([𑀅-𑀳]?)(𑁆)([𑀅-𑀳]?)', '𑁱%2%3%4')
text = mw.ustring.gsub(text, '(𑁄)([𑀅-𑀳]?)(𑁆)([𑀅-𑀳]?)', '𑁴%2%3%4')
text = mw.ustring.gsub(text, '(𑀑)([𑀅-𑀳]?)(𑁆)([𑀅-𑀳]?)', '𑁲%2%3%4')
end
text = mw.ustring.gsub(
text,
'([𑀓-𑀷'..u(0x11075)..'])'..
'([𑀸𑀺𑀺𑀻𑀼𑀽𑀾𑀿𑁀𑁁𑁂𑁃𑁄𑁅𑁆𑀹𑁳𑁴'..u(0x11070)..']?𑁆?)'..
'([𑀇𑀉]?)',
function(c, d, e)
if d == "" and e ~= "" then
return consonants[c] .. 'a' .. diatrema[e]
elseif e ~= "" then
return consonants[c] .. diacritics[d] .. tt[e]
elseif d == "" then
return consonants[c] .. 'a'
else
return consonants[c] .. diacritics[d]
end
end)
-- Adjacent vowel letters needing dieresis
text = mw.ustring.gsub(text, '([𑀅])([𑀇𑀉])', function(a, b) return tt[a]..diatrema[b] end)
text = mw.ustring.gsub(text, '.', tt)
if (lang == 'sa' or lang == 'pi') and mw.ustring.match(text, 'l̥') then
text = mw.ustring.gsub(text, 'l̥', 'ḷ')
text = mw.ustring.toNFC(text)
end
-- Old Tamil uses macron v. plain for 'e' and 'o'.
if (lang == 'oty') then
text = mw.ustring.gsub(text, '.', {e='ē', o='ō', ['ĕ']='e', ['ŏ']='o'})
end
return text
end
return export