This module will transliterate text in the Phoenician script. It is used to transliterate Moabite, Phoenician, Ammonite, Edomite, and Punic. 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:Phnx-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 = {}

-- Beware! Phnx is rtl
local tt = {
	['𐤀'] = 'ʾ', ['𐤁'] = 'b', ['𐤂'] = 'g', ['𐤃'] = 'd', ['𐤄'] = 'h',
	['𐤅'] = 'w', ['𐤆'] = 'z', ['𐤇'] = 'ḥ', ['𐤈'] = 'ṭ', ['𐤉'] = 'y',
	['𐤊'] = 'k', ['𐤋'] = 'l', ['𐤌'] = 'm', ['𐤍'] = 'n', ['𐤎'] = 's',
	['𐤏'] = 'ʿ', ['𐤐'] = 'p', ['𐤑'] = 'ṣ', ['𐤒'] = 'q', ['𐤓'] = 'r',
	['𐤔'] = 'š', ['𐤕'] = 't',
	['𐤖'] = '[1]', ['𐤗'] = '[10]', ['𐤘'] = '[20]', ['𐤙'] = '[100]',
	['𐤚'] = '[2]', ['𐤛'] = '[3]', ['𐤟'] = ' ',
}

function export.tr(text, lang, sc)

	if type(text) == 'table' then -- called directly from a template
		text = text.args[1]
	end

	return (text:gsub('[%z\1-\127\194-\244][\128-\191]*', tt)) -- UTF-8 character pattern
end

return export
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