Some examples of ligatures and digraphs

ligrature_table= {'\ufb00': 'ff', # 'ff'
                  '\ufb03': 'f‌f‌i', # 'ffi'
                  '\ufb04': 'ffl', # 'ffl'
                  '\ufb01': 'fi', # 'fi'
                  '\ufb02': 'fl', # 'fl'
                  '\ua732': 'AA', # 'Ꜳ'
                  '\ua733': 'aa', # 'ꜳ'
                  '\ua733': 'aa', # 'ꜳ'
                  '\u00c6': 'AE', # 'Æ'
                  '\u00e6': 'ae', # 'æ'
                  '\uab31': 'aə', # 'ꬱ'
                  '\ua734': 'AO', # 'Ꜵ'
                  '\ua735': 'ao', # 'ꜵ'
                  '\ua736': 'AU', # 'Ꜷ'
                  '\ua737': 'au', # 'ꜷ'
                  '\ua738': 'AV', # 'Ꜹ'
                  '\ua739': 'av', # 'ꜹ'
                  '\ua73a': 'AV', # 'Ꜻ'  - note the bar
                  '\ua73b': 'av', # 'ꜻ'  - note the bar
                  '\ua73c': 'AY', # 'Ꜽ'
                  '\ua76a': 'ET', # 'Ꝫ'
                  '\ua76b': 'et', # 'ꝫ'
                  '\uab41': 'əø', # 'ꭁ'
                  '\u01F6': 'Hv', # 'Ƕ'
                  '\u0195': 'hu', # 'ƕ'
                  '\u2114': 'lb', # '℔'
                  '\u1efa': 'IL', # 'Ỻ'
                  '\u0152': 'OE', # 'Œ'
                  '\u0153': 'oe', # 'œ'
                  '\ua74e': 'OO', # 'Ꝏ'
                  '\ua74f': 'oo', # 'ꝏ'
                  '\uab62': 'ɔe', # 'ꭢ'
                  '\u1e9e': 'fs', # 'ẞ'
                  '\u00df': 'fz', # 'ß'
                  '\ufb06': 'st', # 'st'
                  '\ufb05': 'ſt', # 'ſt'  -- long ST
                  '\ua728': 'Tz', # 'Ꜩ'
                  '\ua729': 'tz', # 'ꜩ'
                  '\u1d6b': 'ue', # 'ᵫ'
                  '\uab63': 'uo', # 'ꭣ'
                  #'\u0057': 'UU', # 'W'
                  #'\u0077': 'uu', # 'w'
                  '\ua760': 'VY', # 'Ꝡ'
                  '\ua761': 'vy', # 'ꝡ'
                  # 
                  '\u0238': 'db', # 'ȸ'
                  '\u02a3': 'dz', # 'ʣ'
                  '\u1b66': 'dʐ', # 'ꭦ'
                  '\u02a5': 'dʑ', # 'ʥ'
                  '\u02a4': 'dʒ', # 'ʤ'
                  '\u02a9': 'fŋ', # 'ʩ'
                  '\u02aa': 'ls', # 'ʪ'
                  '\u02ab': 'lz', # 'ʫ'
                  '\u026e': 'lʒ', # 'ɮ'
                  '\u0239': 'qp', # 'ȹ'
                  '\u02a8': 'tɕ', # 'ʨ'
                  '\u02a6': 'ts', # 'ʦ'
                  '\uab67': 'tʂ', # 'ꭧ'
                  '\u02a7': 'tʃ', # 'ʧ'
                  '\uab50': 'ui', # 'ꭐ'
                  '\uab51': 'ui', # 'ꭑ' -- turned ui
                  '\u026f': 'uu', # 'ɯ'
                  # digraphs with single code points
                  '\u01f1': 'DZ', # 'DZ'
                  '\u01f2': 'Dz', # 'Dz'
                  '\u01f3': 'dz', # 'dz'
                  '\u01c4': 'DŽ', # 'DŽ'
                  '\u01c5': 'Dž', # 'Dž'
                  '\u01c6': 'dž', # 'dž'
                  '\u0132': 'IJ', # 'IJ'
                  '\u0133': 'ij', # 'ij'
                  '\u01c7': 'LJ', # 'LJ'
                  '\u01c8': 'Lj', # 'Lj'
                  '\u01c9': 'lj', # 'lj'
                  '\u01ca': 'NJ', # 'NJ'
                  '\u01cb': 'Nj', # 'Nj'
                  '\u01cc': 'nj', # 'nj'
                  '\u1d7a': 'th', # 'ᵺ'
                  }