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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:

Comparative table of some standard romanisations of the Belarusian letters
Cyrillic Scholarly ALA-LC British BGN/PCGN ISO 9 National 2000 National 2007 National 2023
А а a a a a a a a a
Б б b b b b b b b b
В в v v v v v v v v
Г г h h h h g h h g
Ґ ґ g g g g g̀
Д д d d d d d d d d
Е е e e e ye e je, ie je, ie je, ie
Ё ё ë i͡o ë yo ë jo, io jo, io jo, io
Ж ж ž z͡h zh zh ž ž ž zh
З з z z z z z z z z
І і i i i i ì i i i
Й й j ĭ ĭ y j j j j
К к k k k k k k k k
Л л l l l l l l l l
М м m m m m m m m m
Н н n n n n n n n n
О о o o o o o o o o
П п p p p p p p p p
Р р r r r r r r r r
С с s s s s s s s s
Т т t t t t t t t t
Тс тс t-s t·s
У у u u u u u u u u
Ў ў ŭ (w) ŭ w w ǔ ú ŭ w
Ф ф f f f f f f f f
Х х x (ch) kh kh kh h ch ch h
Ц ц c ts ts ts c c c c
Ч ч č ch ch ch č č č ch
Ш ш š sh sh sh š š š sh
ʼ - - ˮ, " ʺ ʼ - - -
Ы ы y y ȳ y y y y y
Ь ь ʹ ʹ ʼ, ' ʹ ʹ ʹ combining acute -
Э э è ė é e è e e e
Ю ю ju i͡u yu yu û ju, iu ju, iu ju, iu
Я я ja i͡a ya ya â ja, ia ja, ia ja, ia
Historical letters
И и ī
Щ щ shch
Ъ ъ ʺ ˮ, "
Ѣ ѣ ě ê
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  4. Parentheses ( ) denote older variants.
  5. Diacritics may be omitted when back-transliteration is not required
  6. "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)". National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency. Retrieved 5 April 2017.
  7. ^ For е, ё, ю, я, the digraphs je, jo, ju, ja are used word-initially, and after a vowel, apostrophe (’), separating ь, or ў.
  8. The letter Ge (Ґ ґ) has never been part of the standard Belarusian alphabet.

Examples

Transliteration of some common words
Cyrillic Беларусь Лукашэнка Магілёў сям’я
Łacinka Biełaruś Łukašenka Mahiloŭ siamja
BGN/PCGN Byelarus′ Lukashenka Mahilyow syamʹʹya
Scholarly Belarus′ Lukašènka Mahilëŭ sjamja
ALA-LC Belarusʹ Lukashėnka Mahili͡oŭ si͡ami͡a
British Belarus’ Lukashénka Mahilëw syam”ya
ISO 9 Belarus′ Lukašènka Magìlëǔ sâm’â
National 2000 Bielarus’ Lukašenka Mahilioú siamja
National 2007 Bielaruś Lukašenka Mahilioŭ siamja
National 2023 Bielarus Lukashenka Magiliow siamja

See also

References

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