local export = {}
local u = mw.ustring.char
local gsub = mw.ustring.gsub

local consonants = {
--defer transliteration of null consonant.
	['𐨀'] = '𐨀',
--consonants
	['𐨐']='k', ['𐨑']='kh', ['𐨒']='g', ['𐨓']='gh',
	['𐨕']='c', ['𐨖']='ch', ['𐨗']='j', ['𐨙']='ñ', 
	['𐨚']='ṭ', ['𐨛']='ṭh', ['𐨜']='ḍ', ['𐨝']='ḍh', ['𐨞']='ṇ', 
	['𐨟']='t', ['𐨠']='th', ['𐨡']='d', ['𐨢']='dh', ['𐨣']='n', 
	['𐨤']='p', ['𐨥']='ph', ['𐨦']='b', ['𐨧']='bh', ['𐨨']='m',
	['𐨩']='y', ['𐨪']='r',  ['𐨫']='l', ['𐨬']='v',
	['𐨭']='ś', ['𐨮']='ṣ',  ['𐨯']='s', ['𐨰']='z', ['𐨱']='h',
	['𐨲']='ḱ', ['𐨳']='ṭ́h', ['𐨴']='ṭ́', ['𐨵']='vh',
}

local diacritics = {
--matras
	['𐨁']='i', ['𐨂']='u', ['𐨃']='ṛ',
	['𐨅']='e', ['𐨆']='o', ['𐨌']='ā',
	['𐨁𐨌']='ī', ['𐨂𐨌']='ū', ['𐨃𐨌']='ṝ',
	['𐨅𐨌']='ai', ['𐨆𐨌']='au', ['𐨿']='', ['‍𐨿']='Ⓙ',
	['𐨍'] = 'a͚', ['𐨂𐨍'] = 'u͚', ['𐨹']='◌́',
}

local tt = {

	--vowels
	['𐨀'] = '',
	-- anusvara    
	['𐨎']='ṃ', --until a better method is found
	-- visarga    
	['𐨏']='ḥ',
	--numerals
	['𐩀']='1', ['𐩁']='2', ['𐩂']='3', ['𐩃']='4',
['𐩄']='10', ['𐩅']='20', ['𐩆']='100', ['𐩇']='1000', 
	--punctuation        
	['𐩖']='.', --danda
    ['𐩗']='.', --double danda
}

function export.tr(text, lang, sc)
	local failed = nil
	if sc ~= "Khar" then
		return nil
	end
-- Consonants appear as part of sequences canonically equivalent to consonant+nukta+vowel, so
-- allowing for multiplicity and the string being normalised (by Wikimedia policy), the matching
-- RE is:
	local form = '([𐨀𐨐-𐨵])(𐨹?)(‍?𐨿?)(𐨺?)(𐨍?)(𐨸?)([𐨁-𐨆]?[𐨁-𐨆]?𐨌?𐨍?)'
	text = gsub(text, form, function(c, n1, h, n2, vi, n3, vm)
		local d = h..vi..vm -- Expect at most one catenand to be non-empty.
		local cdia = ''
		local cons = consonants[c]
		local retval
		if n1 ~= '' then -- Cauda
			if cons == 's' or cons == 'ś' then
				cdia = cdia .. u(0x0331) -- Combining macron below
			else
				cdia = cdia .. u(0x0301) -- Combining acute
			end
		end
		if n2 ~= '' then cdia = cdia .. u(0x0323) end -- Combining dot below
		if n3 ~= '' then cdia = cdia .. u(0x0304) end -- Combining macron
		if d == "" then
			retval = cons .. cdia .. 'a'
		else
			local dia = diacritics[d]
			if not dia then
				mw.addWarning('Failed to transliterate 𐨀' .. d .. ' in ' .. text)
				failed = true
				dia = 'D'
			end
			retval = cons .. cdia .. dia
		end
		return mw.ustring.toNFD(retval)
	end)

	text = gsub(text, "(a)𐨀([iu])", "%1%2"..u(0x308)) -- Apply diaeresis
	text = gsub(text, '.', tt)
	text = gsub(text, 'lⒿy', 'lý')
	text = gsub(text, 'Ⓙ', '')
	text = gsub(text, u(0x301, 0x304), u(0x304, 0x301))
	
	if failed then return nil end
	return mw.ustring.toNFC(text)
end
 
return export