NPM Package : kannada-transliterate

The package transliterates text from Kannada ಕನ್ನಡ (kannaḍa) script to Latin script based on ISO 15919 transliteration standard and from Latin script based on IAST or ISO 15919 to Kannada ಕನ್ನಡ (kannaḍa) script. The ISO 15919 has non-strict and strict nasalisation versions of anusvāra transliteration that is made available with this package. To experiment functionality of this package use the Kannada Transliterator App website on you browser.

Install Node, NPM and then install this package

npm install kannada-transliterate

Usage

Import the "kannada-transliterate" package

const kannadatransliterate = require("kannada-transliterate");

Method call in code

kannadatransliterate(type, direction, input, strictnasalisation, ISOOnly)

type

'ISO'
'IAST'

direction

'latin2kannada'
'kannada2latin'

input

text in Latin IAST for kannaḍa
text in Latin ISO-15919 for kannaḍa
text in ಕನ್ನಡ script

strictnasalisation

true
false

ISOOnly

true
false

IAST transliteration examples :

Note : IAST does not support strict nasalisation

console.log('IAST >> ಕನ್ನಡ : ', kannadatransliterate("IAST","latin2kannada","saṃskṛta aṃgi yajṃakaṃkaṃa oṃṭe oṃdu oṃbatu saṃyukta ōṃ ", false, false));  
    // Expected IAST >> ಕನ್ನಡ : ಸಂಸ್ಕೃತ  ಅಂಗಿ  ಯಜ್ಅಕಂಕಂಅ  ಒಂಟೆ  ಒಂದು  ಒಂಬತು  ಸಂಯುಕ್ತ  ಓಂ 
console.log('IAST >> ISO : ', kannadatransliterate("IAST","latin2kannada","saṃskṛta aṃgi yajṃakaṃkaṃa oṃṭe oṃdu oṃbatu saṃyukta ōṃ ", false, true)); 
    // Expected IAST >> ISO non-strict nasalation : saṁskṛta aṁgi yajṁakaṁkaṁa oṁṭe oṁdu oṁbatu saṁyukta ōṁ

ISO transliteration examples :

Note : ISO-15919 non-strict nasalisation does not get converted to ISO-15919 strict nasalisation

console.log('ISO >> ಕನ್ನಡ : ', kannadatransliterate("ISO","latin2kannada","samskṛta aṅgi yajñakaṅkaṇa oṇṭe ondu ombatu samyukta ōṁ ", false, true));  
    // Expected ISO >> ISO non-strict nasalisation : saṁskṛta aṁgi yajṁakaṁkaṁa oṁṭe oṁdu oṁbatu saṁyukta ōṁ 
console.log('ISO >> ಕನ್ನಡ : ', kannadatransliterate("ISO","latin2kannada","samskṛta aṅgi yajñakaṅkaṇa oṇṭe ondu ombatu samyukta ōṁ ", true, true)); 
    // Expected ISO >> ISO strict nasalisation : samskṛta aṅgi yajñakaṅkaṇa oṇṭe ondu ombatu samyukta ōṁ

ISO-ಕನ್ನಡ transliteration examples :

console.log('ISO >> ಕನ್ನಡ : ', kannadatransliterate("ISO","latin2kannada","aṅgi yajñakaṅkaṇa oṇṭe ondu ombatu samyukta ōṁ ", true, false));  
    // Expected ISO >> ಕನ್ನಡ : ಅಂಗಿ  ಯಜ್ಞಕಂಕಣ  ಒಂಟೆ  ಒಂದು  ಒಂಬತು  ಸಂಯುಕ್ತ ಓಂ 
console.log('ISO >> ಕನ್ನಡ : ', kannadatransliterate("ISO","latin2kannada","laṁc lāṁc liṁc līṁc luṁc lūṁc lr̥ṁc ll̥ṁc leṁc lēṁc laiṁc loṁc lōṁc lauṁc laṁc ", true, false));
    // Expected ISO >> ಕನ್ನಡ : ಲಂಚ್  ಲಾಂಚ್  ಲಿಂಚ್  ಲೀಂಚ್  ಲುಂಚ್  ಲೂಂಚ್  ಲೃಂಚ್  ಲೢಂಚ್  ಲೆಂಚ್  ಲೇಂಚ್  ಲೈಂಚ್  ಲೊಂಚ್  ಲೋಂಚ್  ಲೌಂಚ್  ಲಂಚ್  
console.log('ISO >> ಕನ್ನಡ : ', kannadatransliterate("ISO","latin2kannada","za fa ennam̐ dēvā̃ fanta zinda śivo’ham mã", true, false));  
    // Expected ISO >> ಕನ್ನಡ : ಜ಼  ಫ಼ ಎನ್ನಀ  ದೇವಾಁ  ಫ಼ಂತ  ಜ಼ಿಂದ ಶಿವಽಹಮ್ ಮ್ಀ
console.log('ISO >> ಕನ್ನಡ : ', kannadatransliterate("ISO","latin2kannada","śrīmūlasaṅgha dēśigaṇa pustakagaccha koṇḍakundānvayake siddhānta ca kravartti nayakīrtimunīśvarō bhāti ||", true, false));
    // Expected ISO >> ಕನ್ನಡ : ಶ್ರೀಮೂಲಸಂಘ  ದೇಶಿಗಣ  ಪುಸ್ತಕಗಚ್ಛ  ಕೊಂಡಕುಂದಾಂವಯಕೆ  ಸಿದ್ಧಾಂತ  ಚ  ಕ್ರವರ್ತ್ತಿ  ನಯಕೀರ್ತಿಮುನೀಶ್ವರೋ  ಭಾತಿ  ||

ಕನ್ನಡ transliteration examples :

console.log('ಕನ್ನಡ >> ISO : ', kannadatransliterate("ISO","kannada2latin","ಕನ್ನಡ ಕವಿರಾಜಮಾರ್ಗ - ಪದಱಿದು ನುಡಯಲುಂ ನುಡಿದುದ ನಱಿಯಲುಮಾರ್ಪರಾ ನಾಡವರ್ಗಳ್ ಚದುರರ್ ನಿಜದಿಂ ಕುರಿತೋದದೆಯುಂ ಕಾವ್ಯಪ್ರಯೋಗ ಪರಿಣತಮತೆಗಳ್", true, false)); 
    // Expected ಕನ್ನಡ >> ISO with strict nasalisation : kannaḍa kavirājamārga - padaṟidu nuḍayaluṁ nuḍiduda naṟiyalumārparā nāḍavargaḷ cadurar nijadiṁ kuritōdadeyuṁ kāvyaprayōga pariṇatamategaḷ

Execution

Given the above JavaScript code is included into a script.js file : node script.js

License

Distributed under the MIT License. See LICENSE for more information.

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