Module:ur-translit/documentation

This module will transliterate Urdu language text per WT:UR TR. It is also used to transliterate Brahui and Gojri. 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:ur-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.

Background

THIS WILL REQUIRE DIACRITICS (USED CORRECTLY), Diacritics can be found at http://udb.gov.pk (which is NOT always correct). This should work correctly for majority of the work, although is still in progress.

Read #Usage notes for tips on how to use the module correctly:

Usage notes

1. All consonants must be paired to a vowel (a, i, u, ā, e, ī, o, ū) or a sukoon/jazm. Or else the module will return NIL (blank).
2. Alif MUST be paired to either a consonant or a vowel, or the module will return NIL.

   if paired to a vowel, the alif will represent the vowel. If paired to a consonant, alif will represent "ā". If an initial alif is not paired to a vowel, the module will return nill.

   compare the pairings نا (nā), اَن (an), اُن (un), and اِن (in).

3. Whenever there are two adjacent semivowels, the first semivowel will become the consonant and the second will be the vowel. To reverse that order, simply put a sukoon on the second semivowel.

   baṛī ye (e, ai) and choṭī ye (ī, y) are distinguished medically using diacritics. However in the final position choṭī ye is always -ī (since choṭī ye cannot be "y" in the final position), and a final baṛī ye defaults to -ē but can become -ai with a preceding zabar.

   If, for some reason, a final choṭī ye needs to be a "y", put a sukoon on it.

4. Noon ghunna ـن٘ـ/ـں generally represents a nasal vowel. The only exceptions being when a nasal vowel isn't possible (in Urdu), such as before b, bh, j, jh, g, gh, ḍh, dh, th, q (and before kh, ṭh, ṭ and ph, unless the nasal vowel is ā, ī, or ū). Since it is impossible for a nasal vowel to appear before these sounds, the module will return an assimilated nasal.
   1. If a nasal vowel is not desired, use a sukoon to return a regular noon.
   2. If ghunna is occurring after ā, ī, or ū but needs to assimilate with ph or kh, the assimilation must be manually entered. Since unlike all other vowels, ā, ī, and ū can actually be nasalized before these letters. For all consonants not mentioned, nasal assimilation can be predicted with only a jazm/sukoon (if it even occurs).
      • Noon ghunna assimilating with "k" is not as common in Urdu as it is in Hindi, it mainly appears in english loanwords (and only at the end of a word). In which case the assimilation can be predicted with a sukoon/jazm. This assimilation should disappear if the word is inflected. Compare بَینْک (baiṅk) to بَین٘کوں (ba͠ikõ)
5. The aspirate 'he' (i.e. do-chashme-he, ھ (h)) does NOT need ANY DIACRITICS in ANY CIRCUMSTANCES, all diacritics should either go on the previous letter or on the following letter.

   The module will work regardless but based on common practice putting a vowel on the aspirate ھ would be inappropriate.

6. The Tashdeed/Shadda works with another diacritic, as well as alone
7. The Sukoon/Jazm diacritic is required for consonant clusters, or else the module will return NIL

Updates

To do

1. require an initial alif to be paired to a vowel (either a diacritic or vao/ye). ^{needed to prevent false positives}
2. support for al- assimilation in Arabic loanwords.
   • how will we distinguish an initial al- in non arabic words? This is probably impossible and might not happen.
3. DIFFERENCE BETWEEN ṇ, ṅ, ñ AND n .
4. Detect when transliteration is needed and when not (i.e. if diacritics are present/needed or not)
5. izafa/ezafe support
6. Revert the module to transliterate initial "ای" as 'ē'
7. اَللہ = sort out ہ + khari zabar diacritic
8. transliteration detection often gives false positives

Example

Test Urdu:

تَرْکِ تَعَلُقّات پِہ رویا نَہ تُو نَہ مَیں لیکِن یِہ کْیا کَہ چَین سے سویا نَہ تُو نَہ مَیں

وُہ ہَمْسَفَر تھا مَگَر اُس سے ہَمْنَوَائی نَہ تھی کَہ دُھوپ چھاؤں کا عالَم رَہا جُدائی نَہ تھی

عَداوَتیں تِھیں، تَغافُل تھا رَنْجِشیں تِھیں مَگَر بِچَھڑْنے والے میں سَب کُچھ تھا بے وَفائی نَہ تھی

کاجَل ڈالو کُرْکُرا سُرْمَہ سَہا نَہ جائے جِن نَین میں پِی بَسے دُوجا کَون سَمائے؟

بِچَھڑْتے وَقْت اُن آن٘کھوں میں تھی ہَماری غَزَل غَزَل تھی وُہ جو کِسی کو کَبھی سُنائی نَہ تھی

Result:

tark-i ta'aluqqāt pe royā na tū na ma͠i lekin ye kyā ka cain se soyā na tū na ma͠i

vo hamsafar thā magar us se hamnavāī na thī ka dhūp chāõ kā 'ālam rahā judāī na thī

'adāvatẽ thī̃, taġāful thā ranjiśẽ thī̃ magar bichaṛne vāle mẽ sab kuch thā be vafāī na thī

kājal ḍālo kurkurā surma sahā na jāe jin nain mẽ pī base dūjā kaun samāe?

bichaṛte vaqt un ā̃khõ mẽ thī hamārī ġazal ġazal thī vo jo kisī ko kabhī sunāī na thī

Expected:

tark-i ta'aluqqāt pe royā na tū na ma͠i lekin ye kyā ka cain se soyā na tū na ma͠i

vo hamsafar thā magar us se hamnavāī na thī ka dhūp chāõ kā 'ālam rahā judāī na thī

'adāvatẽ thī̃, taġāful thā rañjiśẽ thī̃ magar bichaṛne vāle mẽ sab kuch thā be vafāī na thī

kājal ḍālo kurkurā surma sahā na jāe jin nain mẽ pī base dūjā kaun samāe?

bichaṛte vaqt un ā̃khõ mẽ thī hamārī ġazal ġazal thī vo jo kisī ko kabhī sunāī na thī

Test cases

(refresh)

test_translit_urdu:

	Text	Expected	Actual	Differs at
	اِیرانِی	īrānī	īrānī
	ماشاءاَللّٰہ	māśā'allāh	māśā'allāh
	پَیدائِش	paidāiś	paidāiś
	بَرْقِیات	barqiyāt	barqiyāt
	عَقْل	'aql	'aql
	عِزَّت	'izzat	'izzat
	عَین	'ain	'ain
	عالَم	'ālam	'ālam
	عَورَت	'aurat	'aurat
	شُرُوع	śurū'	śurū'
	اِشْعاع	iś'ā'	iś'ā'
	تَعَلُّقات	ta'alluqāt	ta'alluqāt
	تَعَلُّق	ta'alluq	ta'alluq
	مُتَعَلِّق	muta'alliq	muta'alliq
	متعلق	(nil)	(nil)	N/A
	عُمْر	'umr	'umr
	دَفْعَہ	daf'a	daf'a
	بَچَّہ	bacca	bacca
	قُوَّت	quvvat	quvvat
	مَۓ عِشْق	ma-ye 'iśq	ma-ye 'iśq
	شیرِ پَن٘جاب	śer-i pañjāb	śer-i pañjāb
	مَلْکَۂ دُنْیا	malka-yi dunyā	malka-yi dunyā
	جَمُّوں	jammū̃	jammū̃
	آم	ām	ām
	اِشْتِراکِیَّت	iśtirākiyyat	iśtirākiyyat
	سِسَکْنا	sisaknā	sisaknā
	پُل	pul	pul
	عِیسیٰ	'īsā	'īsā
	اَعْلیٰ	a'lā	a'lā
	لَفْظ	lafz	lafz
	حاضِر	hāzir	hāzir
	بَہورا	bahorā	bahorā
	نَہِیں	nahī̃	nahī̃
	اِشْتِمالِیَت	iśtimāliyat	iśtimāliyat
	چَوڑا	cauṛā	cauṛā
	تِھیں	thī̃	thī̃
	کُتّا	kuttā	kuttā
	پَہْلے	pahle	pahle
	کِھلائی	khilāī	khilāī
	کھلائی	(nil)	(nil)	N/A
	ٹَھہَرْنا	ṭhaharnā	ṭhaharnā
	تَیمُور	taimūr	taimūr
	فَوراً	fauran	fauran
	کوئے	koe	koe
	مَنَّتوں	mannatõ	mannatõ
	گان٘وں	gā̃õ	gā̃õ
	مَیں	ma͠i	ma͠i
	آئی	āī	āī
	مَکَّھن	makkhan	makkhan
	خُدا	xudā	xudā
	کَئی	kaī	kaī
	کُئی	kuī	kuī
	چائے	cāe	cāe
	کُھلْواؤ	khulvāo	khulvāo
	غَدّار	ġaddār	ġaddār
	بَیٹھو	baiṭho	baiṭho
	بَطَّخ	battax	battax
	مُتَّحِدَۂ	muttahida-yi	muttahida-yi
	ساؤُتھ اَفْرِیقَہ	sāuth afrīqa	sāuth afrīqa
	کُلِّیَّہ	kulliyya	kulliyya
	دائِرَۃُ	dāiratu	dāiratu
	سُورَۃ	sūra	sūra
	بِلّا	billā	billā
	دائِرَۃُ الْمَعارِف	dāiratu l-ma'ārif	dāiratu اlma'ārif	9
	دائِرَۃْ اُلْمَعارِف	dāirah ulma'ārif	dāirat ulma'ārif	6
	آیَتُ اْللّٰہ	āyatu llāh	āyatu llāh
	صَیّاد	saiyād	saiyād
	گُرْدَہ	gurda	gurda
	کہاں	(nil)	khā̃	N/A