एकक:Cher-translit

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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