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Romanization of Belarusian

{{Short description|Transliteration of Belarusian from Cyrillic to Latin script}}

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Romanization or Latinization of Belarusian is any system for transliterating written Belarusian from Cyrillic to the Latin alphabet.

Standard systems for romanizing Belarusian

{{See also|Belarusian Latin alphabet}}

Standard systems for romanizing Belarusian include:

  • BGN/PCGN romanization of Belarusian, 1979 (United States Board on Geographic Names and Permanent Committee on Geographical Names for British Official Use), which is the US and Great Britain prevailing system for romanising of geographical information
  • British Standard 2979 : 1958
  • Scientific transliteration, or the International Scholarly System for linguistics
  • ALA-LC romanization, 1997 (American Library Association and Library of Congress)
  • ISO 9:1995, which is also Belarusian state standard GOST 7.79–2000 for non-geographical information
  • Instruction on transliteration of Belarusian geographical names with letters of Latin script, which was an official standard for geographical names, adopted by the Committee on Land Resources, Geodesy and Cartography of Belarus (2000), and recommended for use by the Working Group on Romanization Systems of the United Nations Group of Experts on Geographical Names (UNGEGN).{{cite web |url=http://unstats.un.org/unsd/geoinfo/9th-uncsgn-docs/e-conf-98-crp-21.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=2009-07-26 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090824062135/http://unstats.un.org/unsd/geoinfo/9th-UNCSGN-Docs/E-CONF-98-CRP-21.pdf |archive-date=2009-08-24 }} It was significantly revised in 2007, then replaced with a new system in 2023.{{cite web|url=https://pravo.by/document/?guid=12551&p0=W22339778&p1=1&p5=0|title=Instrukcija po peredache naimenovanij geograficheskih objektov s belorusskogo i russkogo jazykov na drugie jazyki i transliteracii naimenovanij geograficheskih objektov bukvami latinskogo alfavita|work=Gosudarstvennyj komitet po imushchestvu Respubliki Belarus|date=2023|accessdate=13 August 2024}}{{cite news |title=Писать "Ščučynščyna" уже нельзя: в Беларуси отменили белорусскую латиницу в географических названиях |url=https://ru.hrodna.life/2023/04/04/lacinka-zabarona/ |work=Hrodna.life - новости Гродно |date=4 April 2023 |language=ru-RU}}

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|+ style="font-weight:bold;" | Comparative table of some standard romanisations of the Belarusian letters

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! style="font-weight:normal" scope="col" width="12%" | Cyrillic

! style="font-weight:normal" scope="col" width="12%" | ScholarlyParentheses ( ) denote older variants.

! style="font-weight:normal" scope="col" width="12%" | ALA-LC

! style="font-weight:normal" scope="col" width="12%" | BritishDiacritics may be omitted when back-transliteration is not required

! style="font-weight:normal" scope="col" width="12%" | BGN/PCGN{{cite web|url=http://geonames.nga.mil/gns/html/romanization.html|title=Romanization Systems Currently Approved by the U.S. Board on Geographic Names (BGN) and the Permanent Committee on Geographical Names for British Official Use (PCGN)|publisher=National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency|access-date=5 April 2017}}

! style="font-weight:normal" scope="col" width="12%" | ISO 9

! style="font-weight:normal" scope="col" width="12%" | National 2000For е, ё, ю, я, the digraphs je, jo, ju, ja are used word-initially, and after a vowel, apostrophe (’), separating ь, or ў.

! style="font-weight:normal" scope="col" width="12%" | National 2007

! style="font-weight:normal" scope="col" width="12%" | National 2023

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| А а

aaaaaaaa
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| Б б

bbbbbbbb
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| В в

vvvvvvvv
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| Г г

hhhhghhg
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| Ґ ґThe letter Ge (Ґ ґ) has never been part of the standard Belarusian alphabet.

ggggg̀
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| Д д

dddddddd
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| Е е

eeeyee{{As written|je, ie}}{{As written|je, ie}}{{As written|je, ie}}
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| Ё ё

ëi͡oëyoëjo, iojo, iojo, io
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| Ж ж

žz͡hzhzhžžžzh
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| З з

zzzzzzzz
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| І і

iiiiìiii
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| Й й

jĭĭyjjjj
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| К к

kkkkkkkk
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| Л л

llllllll
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| М м

mmmmmmmm
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| Н н

nnnnnnnn
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| О о

oooooooo
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| П п

pppppppp
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| Р р

rrrrrrrr
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| С с

ssssssss
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| Т т

tttttttt
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| Тс тс

t-st·s
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| У у

uuuuuuuu
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| Ў ў

ŭ (w)ŭwwǔúŭw
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| Ф ф

ffffffff
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| Х х

x (ch)khkhkhhchchh
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| Ц ц

ctststscccc
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| Ч ч

čchchchčččch
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| Ш ш

šshshshšššsh
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| {{hamza}}

--ˮ, "{{hardsign}}{{hamza}}---
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| Ы ы

yyȳyyyyy
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| Ь ь

{{softsign}}{{softsign}}{{hamza}}, '{{softsign}}{{softsign}}{{softsign}}combining acute-
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| Э э

èėéeèeee
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| Ю ю

jui͡uyuyuûju, iuju, iuju, iu
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| Я я

jai͡ayayaâja, iaja, iaja, ia
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| И и

ī
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| Щ щ

shch
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| Ъ ъ

{{hardsign}}ˮ, "
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| Ѣ ѣ

ěê
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Examples

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|+Transliteration of some common words

scope=row style="text-align:center;" | Cyrillic

| Беларусь

| Лукашэнка

| Магілёў

| сям’я

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! scope=row style="text-align:center;" | Łacinka

| Biełaruś

| Łukašenka

| Mahiloŭ

| siamja

scope=row style="text-align:center;" | BGN/PCGN

| Byelarus′

| Lukashenka

| Mahilyow

| syamʹʹya

scope=row style="text-align:center;" | Scholarly

| Belarus′

| Lukašènka

| Mahilëŭ

| sjamja

scope=row style="text-align:center;" | ALA-LC

| Belarusʹ

| Lukashėnka

| Mahili͡oŭ

| si͡ami͡a

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| Belarus’

| Lukashénka

| Mahilëw

| syam”ya

scope=row style="text-align:center;" | ISO 9

| Belarus′

| Lukašènka

| Magìlëǔ

| sâm’â

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| Bielarus’

| Lukašenka

| Mahilioú

| siamja

scope=row style="text-align:center;" | National 2007

| Bielaruś

| Lukašenka

| Mahilioŭ

| siamja

scope=row style="text-align:center;" | National 2023

| Bielarus

| Lukashenka

| Magiliow

| siamja

See also

References

  • British Standard 2979 : 1958, London: British Standards Institution.
  • [http://unstats.un.org/unsd/geoinfo/ United Nations Statistics Division, Geographical Names]
  • [https://pravo.by/document/?guid=12551&p0=W22339778&p1=1&p5=0 2023 Transliteration Instruction]

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