Module:TranslatedCat

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

local exports = {}

-- Custom primary languages for sorting purposes
local customPrimary = {
    -- Inuktitut (Canadian syllabics) -> Inuktitut
    ['ike-cans'] = 'iu',
    -- Inuktitut (Latin) -> Inuktitut
    ['ike-latn'] = 'iu',
    -- Tajik (Cyrillic) -> [no primary]
    ['tg-cyrl'] = '',
}

-- For the provided language code's primary subtag (the portion before hyphen),
-- this will return the name of its [[Category:Translated scripts]] sub-category
function exports.getPrimaryCat(frame)
    local langCode = frame.args[1]
    local contentLang = mw.language.getContentLanguage()
    local primaryCode = customPrimary[langCode] or langCode:match('^%a+')
    local primaryName = mw.language.fetchLanguageName(primaryCode)

    -- The primary language name is used as parent category when the
    -- language code ('pt-BR') and its primary code ('pt') differ,
    -- and when the primary is a recognised language itself (some
    -- primary codes are only for language collectives, e.g. 'roa')
    if langCode ~= primaryCode and primaryName ~= '' then
        return '/' .. contentLang:ucfirst(primaryName)
    end

    -- No parent category
    return ''
end

return exports