Romanization of Belarusian

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

Standard systems for romanizing Belarusian

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). It was significantly revised in 2007, then replaced with a new system in 2023.

Comparative table of some standard romanisations of the Belarusian letters Cyrillic ScholarlyParentheses ( ) denote older variants. ALA-LC BritishDiacritics may be omitted when back-transliteration is not required BGN/PCGN ISO 9 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. 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 ґThe letter Ge (Ґ ґ) has never been part of the standard Belarusian alphabet. g g g g g̀ Д д d d d d d d d d Е е e e e ye e 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 - - ˮ, " - - - Ы ы y y ȳ y y y y y Ь ь , ' 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 ˮ, " Ѣ ѣ ě ê

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 Belarusian alphabet Belarusian Latin alphabet (Łacinka / лацінка) Scientific transliteration of Cyrillic Cyrillic alphabets Wikipedia:Naming conventions (Cyrillic)#Belarusian (WP:BELARUSIANNAMES) Wikipedia:Romanization of Belarusian (essay; WP:BLR)

References British Standard 2979 : 1958, London: British Standards Institution. United Nations Statistics Division, Geographical Names 2023 Transliteration Instruction