Module:IPA

Documentation for this module may be created at Module:IPA/doc

-- Converts the various languages' romanization into (broad-transcribed IPA)

local function table_replacer(t, to_lower)
	return function(roman_word)
		local ipa = roman_word
		if to_lower then
			ipa = mw.ustring.lower(ipa)
		end
		for _,subs in ipairs(t) do
			ipa = mw.ustring.gsub(ipa, subs[1], subs[2])
		end
		return ipa
	end
end


local langauge_pronouncers = {
	ts = table_replacer({
		{"^ts","c"},
		{"^dz","ż"},
		{"c","t͡s"},
		{"ż","d͡z"},
		{"ł","ɬ"},
		{"ğ","ɣ"},
		{"q","k͡x"},
		{"š","ʃ"},
		{"ž","ʒ"},
		{"č","t͡ʃ"},
		{"j","d͡ʒ"},
		{"y","j"},
		{"ř","r̥"},
		{"ā","aː"},
		{"ē","eː"},
		{"ī","iː"},
		{"ō","oː"},
		{"ū","uː"}
	}, true)
}

local p = {}

function p.to_ipa(frame)
	local function pronounce_word(language)
		local f = langauge_pronouncers[language]
		if f then 
			return f 
		else 
			return function(x) 
				return x 
			end
		end
	end

	local lang = frame.args[1]
	local target = frame.args[2]
	out, _ = mw.ustring.gsub(target,"(%w+)", pronounce_word(lang))
	return "/" .. out .. "/"
end

return p;