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Ukrainian Transliteration

• Ukrainian Transliteration
  • Cyrillic to latin
  • Latin to Cyrillic

🇺🇦 This document contains the documentation for the rules used to transliterate Ukrainian Cyrillic 🇺🇦

Cyrillic to latin

The conversion from cyrillic to latin follows the GOST 7.79-2000 standard with some differences. The entire conversion table is illustrated here below:

Ukrainian	Latin	Notes
А	A
Б	B
К	C	K is translated into C, only when not followed 'Е','Э','И','Й','Ы','ъ', or it is preceeded by 'К','А','И','О'. You can force a 'C' using 'Кь'
Ч	CH
Ц	Z
Д	D
Е	E
Ф	F
Г, Ґ	G
Х	H
И, І	I
Ї	YI
Ж	J
К	K	K is converted to latin K only when followed by 'Е','Э','И','Й','Ы','ъ' ,or it is NOT preceeded by 'К','А','И','О' .You can force a K using 'КЪ'
Л	L
М	M
Н	N
О	O
П	P
Кю	Q
Р	R
С	S
Ш	SH
Щ	SHH
Т	T
У	U
В	V
Вь	W
КС	X
Й	Y
Я	YA
Є	YE
Ю	YU
З	Z
ʼ	'
Ь	`
№	#

Latin to Cyrillic

Latin	Ukrainian	Notes
А	A
B	Б
C	К	Unless if followed by H
CH	Ч
Ч	CH
D	Д
E	Е	Unless if preceeded by 'Y'
F	Ф
G	Г
G	ДЖ	If g is followed by Y, E, I
H	Х
I	И	Unless if followed be U, A or preceeded by 'y'
IU	Ю
IA	Я
J	Ж
K	К
L	Л
M	М
N	Н
O	О
P	П
Q	КЮ
R	Р
S	С	Unless if followed by H
Sh	Ш
T	Т
TS	Ц	Unless if followed by S
U	У
V	В
W	У
X	КС
Y	Й	Unless if followed by E
YE	Є
YI	Ї
Z	З