Module:Linguistic

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-- some simple internationalization that can be called by other modules
local p = {}
local vowels = 'aeiouyąăẵằẳặȃắâẫấầẩậãäǟāáàȁǎảẚåǻḁạǡæǣǽĕȇêễếềểệḙẽḛëēḕéḗèȅěẻẹęȩḝǝĭȋîĩḭïḯīíìȉǐỉịįıŏȏôỗốồổộõṏṍöōṑóṓòȍǒỏọǫǭơỡớờởợøǿŭȗûṷũṻṹṵüǖǘǜǚṳūúùȕǔủůụųưữứừửựŷỹÿȳýỳỷẙỵ'

function p.vowelfirst (str)
	if mw.ustring.find(vowels, str[1], 1, true ) then
		return true
	end
end

function p.wordsep(lang) -- default separator between words
	-- language with no separator
	if ({ zh=1, ja=1, ['zh-hans']=1, ['zh-hant']=1, ['zh-sg']=1, ['zh-cn']=1, ['zh-tw']=1})[lang] then
		return ''
	end
	-- default: white space
	return ' ' 
end

function p.noungroup(noun, adj, lang)
	if not noun then 
		return nil end
	if not adj
		then return noun
	end
	-- adjective before the noun
	if lang == en or lang == de then
		return adj .. p.wordsep(lang) .. noun
	-- adjective after the noun
	elseif lang == 'fr' or lang == 'fr-ca' then
		return noun .. p.wordsep(lang) .. adj
	else
		return noun ' (' .. adj .. ')'
	end
end
return p