Romanization of Kyrgyz

The Kyrgyz language language is written in the Kyrgyz alphabet, a modification of Cyrillic. There is not one commonly accepted system of romanization of Kyrgyz, i.e. a rendering of Kyrgyz in the Latin alphabet. Some Kyrgyz romanization systems are given below:

Cyrillic	ALA/LC	BGN/PCGN	ISO 9
а	a	a	a
б	b	b	b
в	v	v	v
г	g	g	g
д	d	d	d
е	e	e	e
ё	ë	yo	ë
ж	zh	j	ž
з	z	z	z
и	i	i	i
й	ĭ	y	j
к	k	k	k
л	l	l	l
м	m	m	m
н	n	n	n
ң	n͡g	ng	n̦
о	o	o	o
ө	ȯ	ö	ô
п	p	p	p
р	r	r	r
с	s	s	s
т	t	t	t
у	u	u	u
ү	u̇	ü	ù
ф	f	f	f
х	kh	kh	h
ц	t͡s	ts	c
ч	ch	ch	č
ш	sh	sh	š
щ	shch	shch	ŝ
ъ	″	"	″
ы	y	y	y
ь	′	'	′
э	ė	e	è
ю	i͡u	yu	û
я	i͡a	ya	â

Besides these systems, one may encounter different romanizations on e.g. road signs in Kyrgyzstan. For instance, "Чок" may be romanized as "Czoc".

References

• Transliteration of Non-Roman Scripts, a collection of writing systems and transliteration tables, by Thomas T. Pedersen. Includes PDF reference charts for many languages’ transliteration systems. Kirghiz.pdf (PDF file)
• The Working Group on Romanization Systems of the United Nations.

External links

• Kyrgyz Cyrillic - Latin converter

See also

• Kyrgyz alphabet
• Kyrgyz language