local export = {}
 
local consonants = {
	['ᮊ']='k', ['ᮌ']='g', ['ᮍ']='ng', ['ᮎ']='c', ['ᮏ']='j', ['ᮑ']='ny', 
	['ᮒ']='t', ['ᮓ']='d', ['ᮔ']='n', ['ᮕ']='p', ['ᮘ']='b', ['ᮙ']='m', 
	['ᮚ']='y', ['ᮛ']='r', ['ᮜ']='l', ['ᮝ']='w', ['ᮞ']='s', ['ᮠ']='h', 
	['ᮖ']='f', ['ᮋ']='q', ['ᮗ']='v', ['ᮟ']='x', ['ᮐ']='z', ['ᮮ']='kh', ['ᮯ']='sy', 
}

local diacritics = {
	['ᮤ']= 'i' , ['ᮥ']='u' , ['ᮦ']='é' , ['ᮧ']='o' , ['ᮨ']='e' , ['ᮩ']='eu' , 
	['ᮺ']='-a' ,  ['᮫']='' , ['᮪']='' , 
}

local special = {
	['ᮬ']='m' , ['ᮭ']='w' , ['ᮡ']='y' , ['ᮢ']='r' , ['ᮣ']='l' ,
}

local nonconsonants = {
	-- vowels
	['ᮃ']='a' , ['ᮆ']='é' , ['ᮄ']='i' , ['ᮇ']='o' , ['ᮅ']='u' , ['ᮈ']='e' , ['ᮉ']='eu' , ['ᮻ']='reu' , ['ᮼ']='leu' ,
	-- aditional characters
	['|']='', -- digit pipe bar
	['ᮀ']='ng',
	['ᮁ']='r',
	['ᮂ']='h',
	['ᮾ']='k',
	['ᮿ']='m',
	-- digits
	['᮰'] = '0', ['᮱'] = '1', ['᮲'] = '2', ['᮳'] = '3', ['᮴'] = '4',
	['᮵'] = '5', ['᮶'] = '6', ['᮷'] = '7', ['᮸'] = '8', ['᮹'] = '9',
}

-- translit any words or phrases
function export.tr(text, lang, sc)
	text = mw.ustring.gsub(
		text,
		'([ᮊᮌᮍᮎᮏᮑᮒᮓᮔᮕᮘᮙᮚᮛᮜᮝᮞᮠᮖᮋᮗᮟᮐᮮᮯ])'..
		'([ᮬᮭᮡᮢᮣ]?)' ..
		'([ᮤᮥᮦᮧᮨᮩᮺ ᮫᮪]?)',
		function(c, s, d)
			if s == "" then
				if d == "" then
					return consonants[c] .. 'a'
				else
					return consonants[c] .. (diacritics[d] or d)
				end
			else
				if d == "" then        
					return consonants[c] .. (special[s] or s) .. 'a'
				else
					return consonants[c] .. (special[s] or s) .. (diacritics[d] or d)
				end
			end
		end)
	
	text = mw.ustring.gsub(text, '.', nonconsonants)
	
	return text
end
 
return export