Module:Palm-translit
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This module will transliterate text in the Palmyrene script. It is used to transliterate Aramaic.
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:Palm-translit/testcases.
Functions
[edit]tr(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 tt = {
["𐡠"] = "ʾ", -- aleph
["𐡡"] = "b", -- beth
["𐡢"] = "g", -- gimel
["𐡣"] = "d", -- daleth
["𐡤"] = "h", -- he
["𐡥"] = "w", -- waw
["𐡦"] = "z", -- zayin
["𐡧"] = "ḥ", -- heth
["𐡨"] = "ṭ", -- teth
["𐡩"] = "y", -- yodh
["𐡪"] = "k", -- kaph
["𐡫"] = "l", -- lamedh
["𐡬"] = "m", -- mem
["𐡭"] = "n", -- final nun
["𐡮"] = "n", -- nun
["𐡯"] = "s", -- samekh
["𐡰"] = "ʿ", -- ayin
["𐡱"] = "p", -- pe
["𐡲"] = "ṣ", -- sadhe
["𐡳"] = "q", -- qoph
["𐡴"] = "r", -- resh
["𐡵"] = "š", -- shin
["𐡶"] = "t", -- taw
["𐡷"] = "☙", -- left-pointing fleuron
["𐡸"] = "❧", -- right-pointing fleuron
["𐡹"] = "1", -- one
["𐡺"] = "2", -- two
["𐡻"] = "3", -- three
["𐡼"] = "4", -- four
["𐡽"] = "5", -- five
["𐡾"] = "10", -- ten
["𐡿"] = "20", -- twenty
}
function export.tr(text, lang, sc)
if sc ~= "Palm" then
return
end
-- Transliterate characters
text = mw.ustring.gsub(text, '.', tt)
return text
end
return export