/// <summary>
/// Removes accents from ASCII/Unicode Gumrukhi letters with their base letter.
/// Useful for generalising search queries.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="text">The text to convert.</param>
/// <returns>A simplified version of the provided Gurmukhi string.</returns>
public static string StripAccents(string text)
{
var baseLetterMap = Mapping.AccentMapping();
// Adds ASCII mapping for each AccentMapping
foreach (var(key, value) in baseLetterMap.ToArray())
{
baseLetterMap.TryAdd(ToAsciiGurmukhi(key), ToAsciiGurmukhi(value));
}
// Removes accents from ASCII/Unicode Gumrukhi letters with their base letter.
return(string.Join("",
text.Select(c =>
baseLetterMap.TryGetValue(c.ToString(), out var character) ? character : c.ToString())));
}