Romanization of Ukrainian - Tables of Romanization Systems

Tables of Romanization Systems

Common systems for romanizing Ukrainian
Cyrillic Scholarly* ALA-LC† British‡ BGN/PCGN** ISO 9 National†† French‡‡ German***
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 w
Г г h h g h g h, gh¹ h h
Ґ ґ g g g g g̀ g g g
Д д d d d d d d d d
Е е e e e e e e e e
Є є je i͡e ye ye ê ie, ye² ie je
Ж ж ž z͡h zh zh ž zh j sh
З з z z z z z z z s
И и y y y y i y y y
І і i i i i ì i i i
Ї ї ji (ï) ï ï yi ï i, yi² ï ji
Й й j ĭ ĭ y j i, y² y 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, ss
Т т t t t t t t t t
У у u u u u u u ou u
Ф ф f f f f f f f f
Х х x (ch) kh kh kh h kh kh ch
Ц ц c t͡s ts ts c ts ts z
Ч ч č ch ch ch č ch tch tsch
Ш ш š sh sh sh š sh ch sch
Щ щ šč shch shch shch ŝ sch chtch schtsch
Ь ь ′ ′ ′ ’ ′ ’ – –
Ю ю ju i͡u yu yu û iu, yu² iou ju
Я я ja i͡a ya ya â ia, ya² ia ja
’ - (″) - ″ ” ’ ” – –
* Scholarly transliteration
Where two transliterations appear, the first is according to the traditional system, and the second according to ISO/R 9:1968.
† ALA-LC
When applied strictly, ALA-LC requires the use of two-character combining diacritics, but in practice these are often omitted.
‡ British Standard
Endings -ий and -ій may be simplified to -y in proper nouns.
** BGN/PCGN
The character sequences зг = z·h, кг = k·h, сг = s·h, тс = t·s, and цг = ts·h may be romanized with midpoints to differentiate them from the digraphs ж = zh, х = kh, ш = sh, ц = ts, and the letter sequence тш = tsh.
†† Ukrainian National transliteration
Transliteration can be rendered in a simplified form:
  • Doubled consonants ж, х, ц, ч, ш are simplified, for example Запоріжжя = Zaporizhia.
  • Apostrophe and soft sign are omitted, but always render ьо = ’o and ьї = ’i.
1. gh is used in the romanization of зг = zgh, avoiding confusion with ж = zh.
2. The second variant is used at the beginning of a word.
‡‡ French
Jean Girodet (1976), Dictionnaire de la langue francaise, Paris: Éditions Bordas.
*** German
(2000) Duden, v 22, Mannheim: Dudenverlag.
Official Ukrainian transliteration systems
Cyrillic GOST 1971 GOST 1986 Derzhstandart 1995 National 1996 Passport 2004 Passport 2007 Passport 2010
А а a a a a a a a
Б б b b b b b b b
В в v v v v v, w v v
Г г g g gh h, gh*^ h, g g h, gh*^
Ґ ґ – – g g g, h g g
Д д d d d d d d d
Е е e e e e e e e
Є є je je je ie, ye* ie, ye* ie ie, ye*
Ж ж zh ž zh zh zh, j zh zh
З з z z z z z z z
И и i i y y y y y
І i i i i i i i i
Ї ї ji i ji i, yi* i, yi* i i, yi*
Й й j j j** i, y* i, y* i i, y*
К к k k k k k, c k k
Л л l l l l l l l
М м m m m m m m m
Н н n n n n n n n
О о o o o o o o o
П п p p p p p p p
Р р r r r r r r r
С с s s s s s s s
Т т t t t t t t t
У у u u u u u u u
Ф ф f f f f f f f
Х х kh h kh kh kh kh kh
Ц ц c c c ts ts ts ts
Ч ч ch č ch ch ch ch ch
Ш ш sh š sh sh sh sh sh
Щ щ shh šč shh sch shch shch shch
Ь ь ' ' j*** ’ ' – –
Ю ю ju ju ju iu, yu* iu, yu* iu iu, yu*
Я я ja ja ja ia, ya* ia, ya* ia ia, ya*
’ * " '**** ” – – –
  • * The second transliteration is used word-initially.
  • ** Word-initially, after vowels or after the apostrophe.
  • *** After consonants.
  • **** Apostrophe is used before iotated ja, ju, je, ji, jo, and to distinguish the combination ьа (j'a) in compound words from я (ja), for example, Волиньавто = Volynj'avto.
  • *^ gh is used in the romanization of зг (zgh), avoiding confusion with ж (zh).

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