User:OwenBlacker/Cyrillic

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Some articles, particularly Reforms of Russian orthography have sections of italicised Cyrillic text that is quite difficult to read.

I proposed (in the MoS Talk: page) that a Style point should be developed on the subject. It was suggested that the "proper" transliteration of Cyrillic should be included in the same point, with a pointer to de:Kyrillisches Alphabet.

As such, this is my work in progress.

When transliterating Cyrillic words, the Cyrillic should not be italicised, but the Roman alphabet transliteration should be. Ideally, a translation into English should follow.

The regular consonants are relatively simple to transliterate, but as a style preference, Wikipedia prefers Cyrillic characters to be transliterated thusly; where there are two mentioned, the first is preferred. When a specific romanisation is more generally known, it should be used in preference (such as Khrushchev for Хрущёв, which would otherwise be Khruščyov).

Character Name Transliteration HTML
А а А а Ah A a  
Б б Б б Be B b
В в В в Ve V v
Г г Г г Ge G (or H) g (or h) See note
Ґ ґ Ґ ґ Ghe G or Gh g or gh
Д д Д д De D d
Ђ ђ Ђ ђ Dje Dj or Đ dj or đ Đ đ
Ѓ ѓ Ѓ ѓ Gje Gy gy
Е е Е е Ye E or Ye e or ye
Ё ё Ё ё Yo Yo or E yo or e
Є є Є є Ukr Ye Ye ye
È è È è E grave È or E è or e È è
Ж ж Ж ж Zhe Ž or Zh ž or zh Ž &#382
Ѕ ѕ Ѕ ѕ Dze Dz dz
З з З з Ze Z z
И и И и Izhe I i
І і І і Ukr I I i
Ї ї Ї ї Yi Yi yi
Й й Й й Short I Y or J y or j
Ì ì Ì ì I grave Ì ì Ì ì
Ј ј Ј ј Je Y or J y or j
К к К к Ka K k
Л л Л л El L l
Љ љ Љ љ Lje Lj lj
М м М м Em M m
Н н Н н En N n
Њ њ Њ њ Nje Nj nj
О о О о Oh O o
П п П п Pe P p
Р р Р р Er R r
С с С с Es S s
Т т Т т Te T t
Ћ ћ Ћ ћ Tshe Ć or Ch ć or ch Ć ć
Ќ ќ Ќ ќ Kje Ky ky
У у У у Uh U u
Ў ў Ў ў Short U U u
Ф ф Ф ф Ef F or Ph f or ph
Х х Х х Kha Kh kh
Ц ц Ц ц Tse Ts or C ts or c
Ч ч Ч ч Che Č or Ch č or ch Č č
Џ џ Џ џ Dzhe Dž or Dzh dž or dzh Dž dž
Ш ш Ш ш Sha Š or Sh š or sh Š &353;
Щ щ Щ щ Shaht or Shcha Šč or Shch šč Šč šč
Ъ ъ Ъ ъ Yer " (or Ə) " (or ə) See note; Ə ə
Ы ы Ы ы Yeri I i
Ь ь Ь ь Soft sign ' ' (apostrophe)
Э э Э э Eh E (or Ė) e (or ė) Ė ė
Ю ю Ю ю Yu Yu yu
Я я Я я Ya Ya ya
Archæic letters
Ѹ ѹ Ѹ ѹ Uk Ou ou
Ѡ ѡ Ѡ ѡ Omega Ō or O ō or o Ō ō
Ѿ ѿ Ѿ ѿ Ot Ŏ or O ŏ or o Ŏ ŏ
Ѻ ѻ Ѻ ѻ Round Omega Ō or O ō or o Ō ō
Ѣ ѣ Ѣ ѣ Yat Ĕ or E ĕ or e Ĕ ĕ
ӀA ɾa ӀA ɾa Iotified A Ia ia
Ѥ ѥ Ѥ ѥ Iotified E Ie ie
Ѧ ѧ Ѧ ѧ Small Yus Ǫ or Õ ǫ or õ Ǫ ǫ
Õ õ
Ѫ ѫ Ѫ ѫ Big Yus Ę or Ẽ ę or ẽ Ę ę
Ẽ ẽ
Ѩ ѩ Ѩ ѩ Iot. Sm. Yus Yǫ or Yõ yǫ or yõ Yǫ yǫ
Yõ yõ
Ѭ ѭ Ѭ ѭ Iot. Big Yus Yę or Yẽ yę or yẽ Yę yę
Yẽ yẽ
Ѯ ѯ Ѯ ѯ Ksi Ks ks
Ѱ ѱ Ѱ ѱ Psi Ps ps
Ѳ ѳ Ѳ ѳ Fita F f
Ѵ ѵ Ѵ ѵ Izhitsa I i
Ѷ ѷ Ѷ ѷ Izhitsa okovy I i
Ҁ ҁ Ҁ ҁ Koppa Q or K q or k

[edit] Notes

  1. In the Ukrainian language, Ge (Г г) should be transliterated as H or h; otherwise it should be transliterated G or g.
  2. In the Bulgarian language, Yer (the Russian hard sign: Ъ ъ) should be transliterated as a schwa: Ə ə Ə ə; otherwise it should be transliterated with a double-quote symbol, if at all.