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+<?php  if ( ! defined('BASEPATH')) exit('No direct script access allowed');
+/*
+| -------------------------------------------------------------------
+| Foreign Characters
+| -------------------------------------------------------------------
+| This file contains an array of foreign characters for transliteration
+| conversion used by the Text helper
+|
+*/
+$foreign_characters = array('223'	=>	"ss", // ß
+							'224'	=>  "a",  
+							'225'	=>  "a", 
+							'226'	=>	"a", 
+							'229'	=>	"a",
+							'227'	=>	"ae", 
+							'230'	=>	"ae", 
+							'228'	=>	"ae",
+							'231'	=>	"c",
+							'232'	=>	"e",  // è
+							'233'	=>	"e",  // é
+							'234'	=>	"e",  // ê  								
+							'235'	=>	"e",  // ë
+							'236'	=>  "i",
+							'237' 	=>  "i",
+							'238' 	=>	"i",
+							'239' 	=>	"i",
+							'241'	=>	"n",
+							'242'	=>  "o",
+							'243'	=>  "o",
+							'244' 	=>	"o", 
+							'245'	=>	"o",
+							'246'	=>	"oe", // ö
+							'249'	=>  "u",
+							'250' 	=>  "u", 
+							'251' 	=>	"u",
+							'252'	=>	"ue", // ü
+							'255'	=>	"y",
+							'257'	=>	"aa", 
+							'269'	=>	"ch", 
+							'275'	=>	"ee", 
+							'291'	=>	"gj", 
+							'299'	=>	"ii", 
+							'311'	=>	"kj", 
+							'316'	=>	"lj", 
+							'326'	=>	"nj", 
+							'353'	=>	"sh", 
+							'363'	=>	"uu", 
+							'382'	=>	"zh",
+							'256'	=>	"aa", 
+							'268'	=>	"ch", 
+							'274'	=>	"ee", 
+							'290'	=>	"gj", 
+							'298'	=>	"ii", 
+							'310'	=>	"kj", 
+							'315'	=>	"lj", 
+							'325'	=>	"nj", 
+							'352'	=>	"sh", 
+							'362'	=>	"uu", 
+							'381'	=>	"zh",
+							);				
+
+
+/* End of file foreign_chars.php */
+/* Location: ./application/config/foreign_chars.php */
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