Module:sa-Brah-translit

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This module will transliterate Sanskrit language text per WT:SA 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:sa-Brah-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 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',
}

local diacritics = {
	['𑀸']='ā', ['𑀺']='i', ['𑀻']='ī', ['𑀼']='u', ['𑀽']='ū', ['𑀾']='ṛ', ['𑀿']='ṝ', 
	['𑁀']='ḷ', ['𑁁']='ḹ', ['𑁂']='e', ['𑁃']='ai', ['𑁄']='o', ['𑁅']='au',  ['𑁆']='',
}

local tt = {
	-- vowels
	['𑀅']='a', ['𑀆']='ā', ['𑀇']='i', ['𑀈']='ī', ['𑀉']='u', ['𑀊']='ū', ['𑀋']='ṛ', ['𑀌']='ṝ',
	['𑀍']='ḷ', ['𑀎']='ḹ', ['𑀏']='e', ['𑀐']='ai', ['𑀑']='o', ['𑀒']='au', 
	-- chandrabindu    
	['𑀀']='m̐', --until a better method is found
	-- anusvara    
	['𑀁']='ṃ', --until a better method is found
	-- visarga    
	['𑀂']='ḥ',
	-- avagraha
	['ऽ']='’',
	--numerals
	['𑁦']='0', ['𑁧']='1', ['𑁨']='2', ['𑁩']='3', ['𑁪']='4', ['𑁫']='5', ['𑁬']='6', ['𑁭']='7', ['𑁮']='8', ['𑁯']='9',
	--punctuation        
    ['𑁈']='.', --double danda
	['𑁇']='.', --danda
    --Vedic extensions
    ['𑀃']='x', ['𑀄']='f',
    --Om
    ['𑀑𑀁']='oṃ',
    --reconstructed
    ['*'] = '',
}

function export.tr(text, lang, sc)
	text = mw.ustring.gsub(
		text,
		'([𑀓𑀔𑀕𑀖𑀗𑀘𑀙𑀚𑀛𑀜𑀝𑀞𑀟𑀠𑀡𑀢𑀣𑀤𑀥𑀦𑀧𑀨𑀩𑀪𑀫𑀬𑀭𑀮𑀯𑀰𑀱𑀲𑀳])'..
		'([𑀸𑀺𑀻𑀼𑀽𑀾𑀿𑁀𑁁𑁂𑁃𑁄𑁅𑁆]?)',
		function(c, d)
			if d == "" then        
				return consonants[c] .. 'a'
			else
				return consonants[c] .. diacritics[d]
			end
		end)

	text = mw.ustring.gsub(text, '.', tt)
	
	return text
end
 
return export