Module:RootFinder

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

local p = {}

-- Function to recursively find the root language
function p.findRootLanguage(language)
    -- Query to get the "Is Variety Of" value for the given language
    local query = string.format('[[%s]]|?Is Variety Of', language)
    -- Execute the query using mw.smw.ask
    local result = mw.smw.ask(query)
    
    -- If there's a result (i.e., the language has a "Is Variety Of" value)
    if result and result[1] and result[1].values and result[1].values["Is Variety Of"] then
        -- Recursively call the function with the parent language
        return p.findRootLanguage(result[1].values["Is Variety Of"])
    else
        -- Return the current language if it doesn't have a "Is Variety Of" value
        return language
    end
end

return p