The DSTU 9112:2021 "Cyrillic-Latin transliteration and Latin-Cyrillic retransliteration of Ukrainian texts. Writing rules" was approved on 1 April 2022 as a State Standard of Ukraine. It established two official systems ("A" and "B") for the romanisation of Ukrainian. The standard is based on modified ISO 9:1995 standard and was developed by the Technical Committee 144 "Information and Documentation" of the State Scientific and Technical Library of Ukraine. According to the SSTL, it could be used in future cooperation between the European Union and Ukraine, in which "Ukrainian will soon, along with other European languages, take its rightful place in multilingual natural language processing scenarios, including machine translation."
Application of the standard The standard applies to for Cyrillic-Latin transliteration (Latinisation) and retransliteration into Cyrillic (reverse transliteration) of Ukrainian texts:
in international information databases and multilingual text corpora; in international information systems; in scientometric systems; in documents certifying a natural or legal person; in printed materials (geographical maps, monographs, reference books, etc.) for the details of official document forms (agreements, letters, protocols, acts, etc.) and addresses on the envelope containing the official document; on signs and road signs to indicate the names of streets, institutions, organisations, establishments and settlements in telecommunication networks; on vehicles and other objects under the jurisdiction of Ukraine; for trademarks and advertising texts; for the names of clubs and sports teams; in other cases where there is a need to translate or retranslate Ukrainian texts.
The standard is intended for transliteration and reverse transliteration (retransliteration) of Ancient Ukrainian (Ukrainian varieties of Old East Slavic), Old Ukrainian (Ruthenian) and New Ukrainian texts (Modern Ukrainian since 1800).
Systems The standard provides transliteration systems with diacritics (System A) and without diacritics (System B) for Ancient, Old, and Modern Ukrainian. The transliteration rules for the alphabets currently in use are as follows.
UkrainianalphabetSystem A (Система A)System B (Система Б)LatinNoteLatinNote А а a a Б б b To b' if before й b To b' if before й В в v To v' if before й v To v' if before й Г г ğ To ğ' if before й gh To gh' if before й Ґ ґ g To g' if before й g To g' if before й Д д d To d' if before й d To d' if before й Е е e e Є є je je Ж ж ž To ž' if before й zh To zh' if before й З з z To z' if before й z To z' if before й И и y y І і i i Ї ї ï ji Й й j To j' if before а, е, у j To j' if before а, е, i, у К к k To k' if before й k To k' if before й Л л l To l' if before й l To l' if before й М м m To m' if before й m To m' if before й Н н n To n' if before й n To n' if before й О о o o П п p To p' if before й p To p' if before й Р р r To r' if before й r To r' if before й С с s To s' if before й s To s' if before й Т т t To t' if before й t To t' if before й У у u u Ф ф f To f' if before й f To f' if before й Х х x To x' if before й kh To kh' if before й Ц ц c To c' if before й c To c' if before й Ч ч č To č' if before й ch To ch' if before й Ш ш š To š' if before й sh To sh' if before й, ч Щ щ ŝ To ŝ' if before й shch To shch' if before й Ь ь j To j' if before а, е, у, to ĵ if in isolated position j To j' if before а, е, i, у, to hj if in isolated position Ю ю ju ju Я я ja ja ' ' '
Examples Cyrillic(Кирилиця)Transliteration according to system A(Транслітерація за системою А)Transliteration according to system B(Транслітерація за системою Б)English Wikipedia(for comparison) Вінниця Vinnycja Vinnycja Vinnytsia Дніпро Dnipro Dnipro Dnipro Донецьк Donecjk Donecjk Donetsk Житомир Žytomyr Zhytomyr Zhytomyr Запоріжжя Zaporižžja Zaporizhzhja Zaporizhzhia Івано-Франківськ Ivano-Frankivsjk Ivano-Frankivsjk Ivano-Frankivsk Київ Kyïv Kyjiv Kyiv Кропивницький Kropyvnycjkyj Kropyvnycjkyj Kropyvnytskyi Луганськ Luğansjk Lughansjk Luhansk Луцьк Lucjk Lucjk Lutsk Львів Ljviv Ljviv Lviv Миколаїв Mykolaïv Mykolajiv Mykolaiv Одеса Odesa Odesa Odesa Полтава Poltava Poltava Poltava Рівне Rivne Rivne Rivne Сімферополь Simferopolj Simferopolj Simferopol Суми Sumy Sumy Sumy Тернопіль Ternopilj Ternopilj Ternopil Ужгород Užğorod Uzhghorod Uzhhorod Харків Xarkiv Kharkiv Kharkiv Херсон Xerson Kherson Kherson Хмельницький Xmeljnycjkyj Khmeljnycjkyj Khmelnytskyi Черкаси Čerkasy Cherkasy Cherkasy Чернівці Černivci Chernivci Chernivtsi Чернігів Černiğiv Chernighiv Chernihiv Україна Ukraïna Ukrajina Ukraine
Below is the first stanza of the State Anthem of Ukraine in the two official transliteration standards.
Cyrillic(Кирилиця)Transliteration according to system A(Транслітерація за системою А)Transliteration according to system B(Транслітерація за системою Б)English translation Ще не вмерла України ні слава, ні воля. Ще нам, браття молодії, усміхнеться доля. Згинуть наші воріженьки, як роса на сонці, Запануєм і ми, браття, у своїй сторонці. Душу й тіло ми положим за нашу свободуІ покажем, що ми, браття, козацького роду! Ŝe ne vmerla Ukraïny ni slava, ni volja. Ŝe nam, brattja molodiï, usmixnetjsja dolja. Zğynutj naši voriženjky, jak rosa na sonci, Zapanujem i my, brattja, u svoïj storonci. Dušu j tilo my položym za našu svoboduI pokažem, ŝo my, brattja, kozacjkoğo rodu! Shche ne vmerla Ukrajiny ni slava, ni volja. Shche nam, brattja molodiji, usmikhnetjsja dolja. Zghynutj nashi vorizhenjky, jak rosa na sonci, Zapanujem i my, brattja, u svojij storonci. Dushu j tilo my polozhym za nashu svoboduI pokazhem, shcho my, brattja, kozacjkogho rodu! The glory and will of Ukraine has not yet perished,And yet still upon us, brothers, fate shall smile once more.Our enemies shall melt away, like the dew in the sun.And we too shall rule, O brethen, the homeland of our own.Soul and body shall we lay down for our liberty,And we'll show, O brethen, that we're a Cossack family!
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