Wiktionary:Belarusian transliteration

These are the rules concerning transliteration in Belarusian entries. This system is based on the scholarly system of transliteration used in linguistics.

Words are automatically transliterated through Module:be-translit; see Module:be-translit/testcases.

Wiktionary standard transliteration for Belarusian

1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32
А	Б	В	Г	Д	Е	Ё	Ж	З	І	Й	К	Л	М	Н	О	П	Р	С	Т	У	Ў	Ф	Х	Ц	Ч	Ш	Ы	Ь	Э	Ю	Я	'
а	б	в	г	д	е	ё	ж	з	і	й	к	л	м	н	о	п	р	с	т	у	ў	ф	х	ц	ч	ш	ы	ь	э	ю	я
a	b	v	h	d	je	jó	ž	z	i	j	k	l	m	n	o	p	r	s	t	u	ŭ	f	x	c	č	š	y	ʹ	e	ju	ja	ʺ

• The letter Ґ, ґ (G, g) is occasionally used but is not part of the standard Belarusian alphabet.
• The apostrophe ' (апо́страф (apóstraf)) is often considered a 33rd letter of the Belarusian alphabet. It is used to separate consonants from following vowels, as in п'я́ны (pʺjány) “drunk”.

Syllabic stress

Syllabic stress is indicated by an acute accent ´ over the stressed vowel:

• Cyrillic: А́, а́, Е́, е́, І́, і́, О́, о́, У́, у́, Ы́, ы́, Э́, э́, Ю́, ю́, Я́, я́.
• Roman: Á, á, Jé, jé, Í, í, Ó, ó, Ú, ú, Ý, ý, É, é, Jú, jú, Já, já.

E.g., ры́ба (rýba, “fish”)

• <ё> is almost always stressed, and is thus automatically transcribed as jó, unless an accent is provided on another vowel of the word (e.g. ра́дыё (rádyjo)); <ё́> thus shouldn't be used.
• <о> is almost always stressed, and is thus automatically transcribed as ó, unless an accent is provided on another vowel of the word. However, it is customary to write the accent anyway: <о́>

See also

• Romanization of Belarusian on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Belarusian alphabet on Wikipedia.Wikipedia