Romanization of Kyrgyz

The Kyrgyz language is written in the Kyrgyz alphabet, a modification of Cyrillic. There is no commonly accepted system of romanization for Kyrgyz, i.e. a rendering of Kyrgyz in the Latin alphabet, although a system based on the Turkish alphabet is gaining currency. Some Kyrgyz romanization systems are given below:

Cyrillic	ALA/LC	BGN/PCGN	Google	ISO 9	PAU
А а	A a	A a	A a	A a	A a
Б б	B b	B b	B b	B b	B b
В в	V v	V v	V v	V v	V v
Г г	G g	G g	G g	G g	G g
Д д	D d	D d	D d	D d	D d
Е е	E e	E e	E e	E e	E e
Ё ё	Ë ë	Yo yo	Yo yo	Ë ë	Yo yo
Ж ж	Zh zh	J j	J j	Ž ž	J j
З з	Z z	Z z	Z z	Z z	Z z
И и	I i	I i	İ i	I i	İ i
Й й	Ĭ ĭ	Y y	Y y	J j	Y y
К к	K k	K k	K k	K k	K k
Л л	L l	L l	L l	L l	L l
М м	M m	M m	M m	M m	M m
Н н	N n	N n	N n	N n	N n
Ң ң	N͡g n͡g	Ng ng	Ŋ ŋ	N̦ n̦	Ñ ñ
О о	O o	O o	O o	O o	O o
Ө ө	Ȯ ȯ	Ö ö	Ö ö	Ô ô	Ö ö
П п	P p	P p	P p	P p	P p
Р р	R r	R r	R r	R r	R r
С с	S s	S s	S s	S s	S s
Т т	T t	T t	T t	T t	T t
У у	U u	U u	U u	U u	U u
Ү ү	U̇ u̇	Ü ü	Ü ü	Ù ù	Ü ü
Ф ф	F f	F f	F f	F f	F f
Х х	Kh kh	Kh kh	H h	H h	X x
Ц ц	T͡s t͡s	Ts ts	Ts ts	C c	C c
Ч ч	Ch ch	Ch ch	Ç ç	Č č	Ç ç
Ш ш	Sh sh	Sh sh	Ş ş	Š š	Ş ş
Щ щ	Shch shch	Shch shch	Sç sç	Ŝ ŝ	Şş şş
Ъ ъ	ʺ	ˮ	-	ʺ	-
Ы ы	Y y	Y y	I ı	Y y	I ı
Ь ь	′ʹ	ʼ	-	ʹ	-
Э э	Ė ė	E e	E e	È è	E e
Ю ю	I͡u i͡u	Yu yu	Yu yu	Û û	Yu yu
Я я	I͡a i͡a	Ya ya	Ya ya	 â	Ya ya

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