Module:Ta-translit

local export = {} local consonants = { ['க']='k', ['ங']='ṅ' , ['ச']='c' , ['ஞ']='ñ' , ['ட']='ṭ' , ['ண']='ṇ' , ['த']='t' , ['ந']='n', ['ப']='p', ['ம']='m' , ['ய']='y' , ['ர']='r' , ['ல']='l' , ['வ']='v' , ['ழ']='ḻ', ['ள']='ḷ' , ['ற']='ṟ' , ['ன']='ṉ' , ['ஶ']='ś' , ['ஜ']='j' , ['ஷ']='ṣ' , ['ஸ']='s', ['ஹ']='h' , ['ஃப']='f' , ['ஃஜ']='z' , ['ஃஸ']='x' , ['ஃ']='ḥ' , }

local diacritics = { ['ா']= 'ā', ['ி']='i' , ['ீ']='ī' , ['ு']='u' , ['ூ']='ū' , ['ெ']='e' , ['ே']='ē', ['ை']='ai' , ['ொ']='o' , ['ோ']='ō' , ['ௌ']='au' , ['்']='',	--halant, supresses the inherent vowel "a" -- no diacritic [''] = 'a' }

local nonconsonants = { -- vowels ['அ']='’a', ['ஆ']='’ā' , ['இ']='’i' , ['ஈ']='’ī' , ['உ']='’u' , ['ஊ']='’ū' , ['எ']='’e', ['ஏ']='’ē' , ['ஐ']='’ai' , ['ஒ']='’o' , ['ஓ']='’ō' , ['ஔ']='’au' , -- other symbols --	['ஃ']='' , }

-- translit any words or phrases function export.tr(text, lang, sc) text = mw.ustring.gsub(		text,		'(ஃ?)([க-ஹ])([ா-்]?)',		function(h, c, d)			return (consonants[h..c] or consonants[h] .. (consonants[c] or c)) .. diacritics[d]		end) text = mw.ustring.gsub(text, '[அ-ஔ]', nonconsonants)

text = mw.ustring.gsub(text, '^’', '') text = mw.ustring.gsub(text, '([%s%p])’', '%1') return text end return export