Romanization or Latinization of Belarusian is any system for
transliterating
Transliteration is a type of conversion of a text from one script to another that involves swapping Letter (alphabet), letters (thus ''wikt:trans-#Prefix, trans-'' + ''wikt:littera#Latin, liter-'') in predictable ways, such as Greek → , Cyr ...
written
Belarusian
Belarusian may refer to:
* Something of, or related to Belarus
* Belarusians, people from Belarus, or of Belarusian descent
* A citizen of Belarus, see Demographics of Belarus
* Belarusian language
* Belarusian culture
* Belarusian cuisine
* Byeloru ...
from
Cyrillic
, bg, кирилица , mk, кирилица , russian: кириллица , sr, ћирилица, uk, кирилиця
, fam1 = Egyptian hieroglyphs
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A writing system is ...
to the
Latin alphabet
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In historiography
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( 484– 425 BC) was a Greek historian who lived ...

.
Standard systems for romanizing Belarusian
Standard systems for
romanizing Belarusian include:
*
BGN/PCGN romanization of Belarusian The BGN/PCGN romanization system for Belarusian is a method for romanization of Cyrillic Belarusian language, Belarusian texts, that is, their transliteration into the Latin alphabet.
There are a number of systems for romanization of Belarusian, ...
, 1979 (
United States Board on Geographic Names
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Politics
General
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and
), which is the US and Great Britain prevailing system for romanising of geographical information
*British Standard 2979 : 1958
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Scientific transliteration
Scientific transliteration, variously called ''academic'', ''linguistic'', ''international'', or ''scholarly transliteration'', is an international system for transliteration of text from the Cyrillic script to the Latin script (romanization). This ...
, or the ''International Scholarly System'' for
linguistics
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A language is a structured system of communication
Communication (from Latin
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ALA-LC romanization
ALA-LC (American Library Association
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, 1997 (American Library Association and Library of Congress)
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ISO 9 The ISO
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:1995, which is also Belarusian state standard GOST 7.79–2000 for non-geographical information
*''
'', which is Belarusian state standard for geographical information, adopted by State Committee on land resources, geodetics and cartography of Belarus, 2000 and recommended
for use by the Working Group on Romanization Systems of the United Nations Group of Experts on Geographical Names (UNGEGN). It was significantly revised in 2007.
Examples
See also
*
Belarusian Latin alphabet (Łacinka / лацінка)
*
Cyrillic alphabets
Numerous Cyrillic alphabets are based on the Cyrillic script
, bg, кирилица , mk, кирилица , russian: кириллица , sr, ћирилица, uk, кирилиця
, fam1 = Egyptian hieroglyphs
, fam2 = Proto-Sinaitic
...
*
Cyrillic script
The Cyrillic script ( ) is a writing system used for various languages across Eurasia and is used as the national script in various Slavic languages, Slavic, Turkic languages, Turkic, Mongolic languages, Mongolic, Uralic languages, Uralic, Caucas ...
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Romanization of Bulgarian
Romanization of Bulgarian is the practice of transliteration
Transliteration is a type of conversion of a text from one script
Script may refer to:
Writing systems
* Script, a distinctive writing system, based on a repertoire of specif ...
*
Romanization of Macedonian
The romanization of Macedonian is the transliteration
Transliteration is a type of conversion of a text from one script
Script may refer to:
Writing systems
* Script, a distinctive writing system, based on a repertoire of specific elemen ...
*
Romanization of Russian
Romanization of Russian is the process of transliterating
Transliteration is a type of conversion of a text from one script to another that involves swapping Letter (alphabet), letters (thus ''wikt:trans-#Prefix, trans-'' + ''wikt:littera#L ...
*
Romanization of Serbian
The romanization of Serbo-Croatian or latinization of Serbo-Croatian is the representation of the Serbo-Croatian language using Latin letters. In Bosnia, Serbia and Montenegro (where a slightly modified Montenegrin alphabet is used) Serbo-Croati ...
*
Romanization of Ukrainian
The romanization of Ukrainian (or sometimes Latinization) is the representation of the Ukrainian language using Latin alphabet, Latin letters. Ukrainian is natively written in its own Ukrainian alphabet, which is based on the Cyrillic script. Rom ...
*
Scientific transliteration of Cyrillic
Scientific transliteration, variously called ''academic'', ''linguistic'', ''international'', or ''scholarly transliteration'', is an international system for transliteration of text from the Cyrillic script to the Latin script (romanization). Thi ...
See also
*
Belarusian alphabet
The Belarusian alphabet is based on the Cyrillic script
, bg, кирилица , mk, кирилица , russian: кириллица , sr, ћирилица, uk, кирилиця
, fam1 = Egyptian hieroglyphs
, fam2 = Proto-Sinaitic
, fam3=Ph ...
*
Cyrillic alphabets
Numerous Cyrillic alphabets are based on the Cyrillic script
, bg, кирилица , mk, кирилица , russian: кириллица , sr, ћирилица, uk, кирилиця
, fam1 = Egyptian hieroglyphs
, fam2 = Proto-Sinaitic
...
*
Cyrillic script
The Cyrillic script ( ) is a writing system used for various languages across Eurasia and is used as the national script in various Slavic languages, Slavic, Turkic languages, Turkic, Mongolic languages, Mongolic, Uralic languages, Uralic, Caucas ...
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Faux Cyrillic
Faux Cyrillic, pseudo-Cyrillic, pseudo-Russian or faux Russian typography
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Greek alphabet
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Macedonian alphabet
The orthography of Macedonian language, Macedonian includes an alphabet consisting of 31 letters. ( mk, Македонска азбука, '), which is an adaptation of the Cyrillic script, as well as language-specific conventions of spelling and ...
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Montenegrin alphabet
The Montenegrin alphabet is the collective name given to "''Abeceda''" (#Latin alphabet, Montenegrin Latin alphabet) and "''Азбука''" (#Cyrillic alphabet, Montenegrin Cyrillic alphabet), the writing systems used to Writing, write the Monteneg ...
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Romanization of Bulgarian
Romanization of Bulgarian is the practice of transliteration
Transliteration is a type of conversion of a text from one script
Script may refer to:
Writing systems
* Script, a distinctive writing system, based on a repertoire of specif ...
*
Romanization of Greek
Romanization of Greek is the transliteration
Transliteration is a type of conversion of a text from one script
Script may refer to:
Writing systems
* Script, a distinctive writing system, based on a repertoire of specific elements or ...
*
Romanization of Macedonian
The romanization of Macedonian is the transliteration
Transliteration is a type of conversion of a text from one script
Script may refer to:
Writing systems
* Script, a distinctive writing system, based on a repertoire of specific elemen ...
*
Romanization of Russian
Romanization of Russian is the process of transliterating
Transliteration is a type of conversion of a text from one script to another that involves swapping Letter (alphabet), letters (thus ''wikt:trans-#Prefix, trans-'' + ''wikt:littera#L ...
*
Scientific romanization of Cyrillic
*
Ukrainian alphabet
The Ukrainian alphabet is the set of letters used to write Ukrainian
Ukrainian may refer to:
* Something of, from, or related to Ukraine
* Something relating to Ukrainians an East Slavic people from Eastern Europe
* Something relating to Demograph ...
*
Ukrainian Latin alphabet
A Latin alphabet for the Ukrainian language
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*
Russian alphabet
The Russian alphabet ( rus, ру́сский алфави́т, russkiy alfavit, ˈruskʲɪj ɐlfɐˈvʲit or, more traditionally, rus, ру́сская а́збука, russkaya azbuka, ˈruskəjə ˈazbʊkə) was derived from Cyrillic script fo ...

*
Scientific transliteration of Cyrillic
Scientific transliteration, variously called ''academic'', ''linguistic'', ''international'', or ''scholarly transliteration'', is an international system for transliteration of text from the Cyrillic script to the Latin script (romanization). Thi ...
*
Serbian Cyrillic alphabet
The Serbian Cyrillic alphabet ( sr, / , ) is an adaptation of the Cyrillic script
The Cyrillic script ( ) is a used for various languages across and is used as the national script in various , , , , and -speaking countries in , , the , , ...
References
*''British Standard 2979 : 1958'', London: British Standards Institution.
United Nations Statistics Division, Geographical Names
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Belarusian
Belarusian may refer to:
* Something of, or related to Belarus
* Belarusians, people from Belarus, or of Belarusian descent
* A citizen of Belarus, see Demographics of Belarus
* Belarusian language
* Belarusian culture
* Belarusian cuisine
* Byeloru ...