Module:Cher-translit

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This module will transliterate text in the Cherokee script. It is used to transliterate Cherokee. 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:Cher-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 m_cher = require("Module:Cher-common")
local m_str_utils = require("Module:string utilities")
local gsub = m_str_utils.gsub

-- transliteration export function
function export.tr(text, lang, sc)
	-- ensure all Cherokee characters are uppercase
	text = m_str_utils.upper(text)

	-- substitute values generatively from syllable list dictionary
	for c, v in pairs(m_cher.syl_list) do
		for i, cher in ipairs(v) do
			text = gsub(text, cher, c .. m_cher.vowel_order[i])
		end
	end

	-- handle special cases for Ꮐ and Ꮝ
	text = gsub(text, "Ꮐna", "Ꮐ'na") -- add apostrophe between Ꮐ and Ꮎ
	text = gsub(text, "Ꮝ([aeiouv])", "Ꮝ'%1") -- add apostrophe between Ꮝ and a vowel
	text = gsub(text, ".", {["Ꮐ"] = "nah", ["Ꮝ"] = "s"}) -- then substitute those values

	return text
end

return export