Belarusian romanization table

by The Library of Congress

Belarusian

Vernacular	Romanization	Vernacular	Romanization
Upper case letters		Lower case letters
А	A	а	a
Б	B	б	b
В	V	в	v
Г	H	г	h
Ґ (see Note 1)	G	ґ (see Note 1)	g
Д	D	д	d
Е	E	е	e
Ё	I͡O	ё	i͡o
Ж	Z͡H	ж	z͡h
З	Z	з	z
И (see Note 2)	Ī	и (see Note 2)	ī
Ї	Ï	ї	ï
І	I	і	i
Й	Ĭ	й	ĭ
К	K	к	k
Л	L	л	l
М	M	м	m
Н	N	н	n
О	O	о	o
П	P	п	p
Р	R	р	r
С	S	с	s
Т	T	т	t
У	U	у	u
Ў	Ŭ	ў	ŭ
Ф	F	ф	f
Х (see Note 3)	Kh	х (see Note 3)	kh
Ц	Ts	ц	ts
Ч	Ch	ч	ch
Ш	Sh	ш	sh
Щ (see Note 4)	Shch	щ (see Note 4)	shch
Ъ	ʺ (hard sign)	ъ	ʺ (hard sign)
Ы	Y	ы	y
Ь	ʹ (soft sign)	ь	ʹ (soft sign)
Ѣ (see Note 2)	Ě	ѣ (see Note 2)	ě
Э	Ė	э	ė
Ю	I͡U	ю	i͡u
Я	I͡A	я	i͡a

Note

1. Letter found in Old Belarusian and in modern publications in Tarashkevitsa orthography.
2. Letter is considered obsolete for the modern Belarusian Cyrillic alphabet; found primarily in Old Belarusian and occasionally in late 19th- and early 20th-century texts.
3. Do not confuse with the digraph кг (also romanized as “kh”). Manual review may be needed when transcribing data in vernacular characters in order to distinguish х from кг.
4. Letter is considered obsolete for the modern Belarusian Cyrillic alphabet; found primarily in Old Belarusian and occasionally in late 19th- and early 20th-century texts. Do not confuse with the digraph шч (also romanized as “shch”). Manual review may be needed when transcribing data in vernacular characters in order to distinguish щ from шч.