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local labels = {}
local raw_categories = {}
local handlers = {}

local names_module = "Module:names"
local en_utilities_module = "Module:en-utilities"
local pluralize = require(en_utilities_module).pluralize

-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-- --
-- LABELS --
-- --
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------

labels["names"] = {
description = "{{{langname}}} terms that are used to refer to specific individuals or groups.",
additional = "Place names, demonyms and other kinds of names can be found in [[:Category:Names]].",
umbrella_parents = {name = "terms by semantic function", is_label = true, sort = " "},
parents = {"terms by semantic function", "proper nouns"},
}

------------------------------------------- given names -------------------------------------------

local human_genders = {
["male"] = "to male individuals",
["female"] = "to female individuals",
["unisex"] = "either to male or to female individuals",
}

for gender, props in pairs(require(names_module).given_name_genders) do
if gender ~= "unknown-gender" then
local is_animal = props.type == "animal"
local cat = is_animal and gender .. " names" or gender .. " given names"
local desc = is_animal and " given to [[" .. gender .. "|" .. pluralize(gender) .. "]]" or " given " .. human_genders[gender]
local function do_cat(cat, desc, breadcrumb, parents)
labels[cat] = {
description = "{{{langname}}} " .. desc .. ".",
breadcrumb = breadcrumb,
parents = parents,
}
end

for _, dimaug in ipairs { "diminutive", "augmentative" } do
do_cat(dimaug .. "s of " .. cat, dimaug .. " names " .. desc, dimaug,
{gender .. " given names", dimaug .. " nouns"})
end
do_cat(cat, "names " .. desc, gender, is_animal and (gender == "animal" and "names" or is_animal and
"animal names") or "given names")
if not is_animal then
do_cat(gender .. " skin names", "skin names " .. desc, gender, {"skin names"})
end
end
end

labels["given names"] = {
description = "{{{langname}}} names given to individuals.",
parents = {"names"},
}

labels["skin names"] = {
description = "{{{langname}}} terms given at birth that are used to refer to individuals from specific marital classes.",
parents = {"proper nouns", "names"},
}

------------------------------------------- surnames -------------------------------------------

labels["common-gender surnames"] = {
description = "{{{langname}}} names shared by both male and female family members, in languages that distinguish male and female surnames.",
breadcrumb = "common-gender",
parents = {"surnames"},
}

labels["female surnames"] = {
description = "{{{langname}}} names shared by female family members.",
breadcrumb = "female",
parents = {"surnames"},
}

labels["male surnames"] = {
description = "{{{langname}}} names shared by male family members.",
breadcrumb = "male",
parents = {"surnames"},
}

labels["surnames"] = {
description = "{{{langname}}} names shared by family members.",
parents = {"names"},
}

for _, nymics in ipairs { "matronymics", "patronymics" } do
local ancestor = nymics == "matronymics" and "mother, grandmother or earlier female ancestor" or
"father, grandfather or earlier male ancestor"
labels["common-gender " .. nymics] = {
description = ("{{{langname}}} names used by both men and women to indicate their %s, in languages that distinguish male and female %s."):
format(ancestor, nymics),
breadcrumb = "common-gender",
parents = {nymics},
}
labels["female " .. nymics] = {
description = ("{{{langname}}} names used by women to indicate their %s."):
format(ancestor, nymics),
breadcrumb = "female",
parents = {nymics},
}
labels["male " .. nymics] = {
description = ("{{{langname}}} names used by men to indicate their %s."):
format(ancestor, nymics),
breadcrumb = "male",
parents = {nymics},
}
labels[nymics] = {
description = ("{{{langname}}} names indicating a person's %s."):format(ancestor),
parents = {"names"},
}
end

labels["nomina gentilia"] = {
description = "{{{langname}}} \"[[family name]]s\" (singular ''[[nomen gentile]]'') in a [[w:Roman naming convention|convential Roman name]].",
parents = {"names"},
}

------------------------------------------- misc -------------------------------------------

labels["exonyms"] = {
description = "{{{langname}}} [[exonym]]s, i.e. terms for toponyms whose name in {{{langname}}} is different from the name in the source language.",
parents = {"names"},
}

labels["renderings of foreign personal names"] = {
description = "{{{langname}}} transliterations, respellings or other renderings of foreign personal names.",
parents = {"names"},
}

-- Add 'umbrella_parents' key if not already present.
for key, data in pairs(labels) do
if not data.umbrella_parents then
data.umbrella_parents = "Names subcategories by language"
end
end

-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-- --
-- RAW CATEGORIES --
-- --
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------

raw_categories["Names subcategories by language"] = {
description = "Umbrella categories covering topics related to names.",
additional = "{{{umbrella_meta_msg}}}",
parents = {
"Umbrella metacategories",
{name = "names", is_label = true, sort = " "},
},
}

-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-- --
-- HANDLERS --
-- --
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------

local function source_name_to_source(nametype, source_name)
local special_sources
if nametype:find("given names") then
special_sources = require("Module:table").listToSet {
"surnames", "place names", "coinages", "the Bible", "month names"
}
elseif nametype:find("surnames") then
special_sources = require("Module:table").listToSet {
"given names", "place names", "occupations", "patronymics", "matronymics",
"common nouns", "nicknames", "ethnonyms"
}
else
special_sources = {}
end
if special_sources[source_name] then
return source_name
else
return require("Module:languages").getByCanonicalName(source_name, nil,
"allow etym langs", "allow families")
end
end

local function get_source_text(source)
if type(source) == "table" then
return source:getDisplayForm()
else
return source
end
end

local function get_description(lang, nametype, source)
local origintext, addltext
if source == "surnames" then
origintext = "transferred from surnames"
elseif source == "given names" then
origintext = "transferred from given names"
elseif source == "nicknames" then
origintext = "transferred from nicknames"
elseif source == "place names" then
origintext = "transferred from place names"
addltext = " For place names that are also surnames, see " .. (
lang and "[[:Category:{{{langname}}} " .. nametype .. " from surnames]]" or
"[[:Category:" .. mw.getContentLanguage():ucfirst(nametype) .. " from surnames by language]]"
) .. "."
elseif source == "common nouns" then
origintext = "transferred from common nouns"
elseif source == "month names" then
origintext = "transferred from month names"
elseif source == "coinages" then
origintext = "originating as coinages"
addltext = " These are names of artificial origin, names based on fictional characters, combinations of two words or names or backward spellings. Names of uncertain origin can also be placed here if there is a strong suspicion that they are coinages."
elseif source == "occupations" then
origintext = "originating as occupations"
elseif source == "patronymics" then
origintext = "originating as patronymics"
elseif source == "matronymics" then
origintext = "originating as matronymics"
elseif source == "ethnonyms" then
origintext = "originating as ethnonyms"
elseif source == "the Bible" then
-- Hack esp. for Hawaiian names. We should consider changing them to
-- have the source as Biblical Hebrew and mention the derivation from
-- the Bible some other way.
origintext = "originating from the Bible"
elseif type(source) == "string" then
error("Internal error: Unrecognized string source \"" .. source .. "\", should be special-cased")
else
origintext = "of " .. source:makeCategoryLink() .. " origin"
if lang and source:getCode() == lang:getCode() then
addltext = " These are names derived from common nouns, local mythology, etc."
end
end
local introtext
if lang then
introtext = "{{{langname}}} "
else
introtext = "Categories with "
end
return introtext .. nametype .. " " .. origintext ..
". (This includes names derived at an older stage of the language.)" .. (addltext or "")
end

-- If one of the following families occurs in any of the ancestral families
-- of a given language, use it instead of the three-letter parent
-- (or immediate parent if no three-letter parent).
local high_level_families = require("Module:table").listToSet {
-- Indo-European
"gem", -- Germanic (for gme, gmq, gmw)
"inc", -- Indic (for e.g. pra = Prakrit)
"ine-ana", -- Anatolian (don't keep going to ine)
"ine-toc", -- Tocharian (don't keep going to ine)
"ira", -- Iranian (for e.g. xme = Median, xsc = Scythian)
"sla", -- Slavic (for zle, zls, zlw)
-- Other
"ath", -- Athabaskan (for e.g. apa = Apachean)
"poz", -- Malayo-Polynesian (for e.g. pqe = Eastern Malayo-Polynesian)
"cau-nwc", -- Northwest Caucasian
"cau-nec", -- Northeast Caucasian
}

local function find_high_level_family(lang)
local family = lang:getFamily()
-- (1) If no family, return nil (e.g. for Pictish).
if not family then
return nil
end
-- (2) See if any ancestor family is in `high_level_families`.
-- if so, return it.
local high_level_family = family
while high_level_family do
local high_level_code = high_level_family:getCode()
if high_level_code == "qfa-not" then
-- "not a family"; its own parent, causing an infinite loop.
-- Break rather than return so we get categories like
-- [[Category:English female given names from sign languages]] and
-- [[Category:English female given names from constructed languages]].
break
end
if high_level_families[high_level_code] then
return high_level_family
end
high_level_family = high_level_family:getFamily()
end
-- (3) If the family is of the form 'FOO-BAR', see if 'FOO' is a family.
-- If so, return it.
local basic_family = family:getCode():match("^(.-)%-.*$")
if basic_family then
basic_family = require("Module:families").getByCode(basic_family)
if basic_family then
return basic_family
end
end
-- (4) Fall back to just the family itself.
return family
end

local function match_gendered_nametype(nametype)
local gender, label = nametype:match("^(f?e?male) (given names)$")
if not gender then
gender, label = nametype:match("^(unisex) (given names)$")
end
if gender then
return gender, label
end
end

local function get_parents(lang, nametype, source)
local parents = {}

if lang then
table.insert(parents, {name = nametype, sort = get_source_text(source)})
if type(source) == "table" then
table.insert(parents, {name = "terms derived from " .. source:getDisplayForm(), sort = " "})
-- If the source is a regular language, put it in a parent category for the high-level language family, e.g. for
-- "Russian female given names from German", put it in a parent category "Russian female given names from Germanic languages"
-- (skipping over West Germanic languages).
--
-- If the source is an etymology language, put it in a parent category for the parent full language, e.g. for
-- "French male given names from Gascon", put it in a parent category "French male given names from Occitan".
--
-- If the source is a family, put it in a parent category for the parent family.
if source:hasType("family") then
local parent_family = source:getFamily()
if parent_family and parent_family:getCode() ~= "qfa-not" then
table.insert(parents, {
name = nametype .. " from " .. parent_family:getDisplayForm(),
sort = source:getCanonicalName()
})
end
elseif source:hasType("etymology-only") then
local source_parent = source:getFull()
if source_parent and source_parent:getCode() ~= "und" then
table.insert(parents, {
name = nametype .. " from " .. source_parent:getDisplayForm(),
sort = source:getCanonicalName()
})
end
else
local high_level_family = find_high_level_family(source)
if high_level_family then -- may not exist, e.g. for Pictish
table.insert(parents,
{name = nametype .. " from " .. high_level_family:getDisplayForm(),
sort = source:getCanonicalName()
})
end
end
end

local gender, label = match_gendered_nametype(nametype)
if gender then
table.insert(parents, {name = label .. " from " .. get_source_text(source), sort = gender})
end
else
local gender, label = match_gendered_nametype(nametype)
if gender then
table.insert(parents, {name = label .. " from " .. get_source_text(source), is_label = true, sort = " "})
elseif type(source) == "table" then
-- FIXME! This is duplicated in [[Module:category tree/etymology]] in the handler for umbrella categories
-- 'Terms derived from SOURCE'.
local first_umbrella_parent =
source:hasType("family") and {name = source:getCategoryName(), raw = true, sort = " "} or
source:hasType("etymology-only") and {name = "Category:" .. source:getCategoryName(), sort = nametype} or
{name = source:getCategoryName(), raw = true, sort = nametype}
table.insert(parents, first_umbrella_parent)
end
table.insert(parents, "Names subcategories by language")
end

return parents
end

table.insert(handlers, function(data)
local nametype, source_name = data.label:match("^(.*names) from (.+)$")
if nametype then
local personal_name_type_set = require(names_module).personal_name_type_set
if not personal_name_type_set[nametype] then
return nil
end
local source = source_name_to_source(nametype, source_name)
if not source then
return nil
end
return {
description = get_description(data.lang, nametype, source),
breadcrumb = "from " .. get_source_text(source),
parents = get_parents(data.lang, nametype, source),
umbrella = {
description = get_description(nil, nametype, source),
parents = get_parents(nil, nametype, source),
},
}
end
end)

-- Handler for e.g. 'English renderings of Russian male given names'.
table.insert(handlers, function(data)
local label = data.label:match("^renderings of (.*)$")
if label then
local personal_name_types = require(names_module).personal_name_types
for _, nametype in ipairs(personal_name_types) do
local sourcename = label:match("^(.+) " .. nametype .. "$")

if sourcename then
local source = require("Module:languages").getByCanonicalName(sourcename, nil, "allow etym")
if source then
return {
description = "Transliterations, respellings or other renderings of " .. source:makeCategoryLink() .. " " .. nametype .. " into {{{langdisp}}}.",
lang = data.lang,
breadcrumb = sourcename .. " " .. nametype,
parents = {
{ name = "renderings of foreign personal names", sort = sourcename },
{ name = nametype, lang = source:getCode(), sort = "{{{langname}}}" },
},
umbrella = {
description = "Transliterations, respellings or other renderings of " .. source:makeCategoryLink() .. " " .. nametype .. " into various languages.",
parents = {{name = "renderings of foreign personal names", is_label = true, sort = label}},
},
}
end
end
end
end
end)

return {LABELS = labels, RAW_CATEGORIES = raw_categories, HANDLERS = handlers}

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wikt>Surjection: Changed protection settings for "Module:category tree/names": Highly visible template/module ([Edit=Allow only autopatrollers] (indefinite) [Move=Allow only autopatrollers] (indefinite))