# Belarusian Transliteration

- [Belarusian Transliteration](#belarusian-transliteration)
  - [Cyrillic to latin](#cyrillic-to-latin)
  - [Latin to Cyrillic](#latin-to-cyrillic)

🇧🇾 This document contains the documentation for the rules used to transliterate Belarusian Cyrillic 🇧🇾

## Cyrillic to latin

The conversion from cyrillic to latin follows the [GOST 7.79-2000](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GOST_7.79-2000) standard with some differences. The entire conversion table is illustrated here below:

| Belarusian | Latin | Notes                                                                                                                                                  |
|---------|-------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| А       | A     |                                                                                                                                                        |
| Б       | B     |                                                                                                                                                        |
| К       | C     | K is translated into C, only when not followed ```'Е','Э','И','Й','Ы','ъ'```, or it is preceeded by ```'К','А','И','О'```. You can force a 'C' using ```'Кь'```  |
| Ч       | CH    |                                                                                                                                                        |
| Ц       | Z     |                                                                                                                                                        |
| Д       | D     |                                                                                                                                                        |
| Э       | E     |                                                                                                                                                        |
| Ф       | F     |                                                                                                                                                        |
| Г       | G     |                                                                                                                                                        |
| Х       | H     |                                                                                                                                                        |
| І       | I     |                                                                                                                                                        |
| Ж       | J     |                                                                                                                                                        |
| Й       | J     |                                                                                                                                                        |
| Ё       | JO    |                                                                                                                                                        |
| К       | K     | K is converted to latin K only when followed by ```'Е','Э','И','Й','Ы','ъ'``` ,or it is NOT preceeded by ```'К','А','И','О'``` .You can force a K using ```'КЪ'``` |
| Л       | L     |                                                                                                                                                        |
| М       | M     |                                                                                                                                                        |
| Н       | N     |                                                                                                                                                        |
| О       | O     |                                                                                                                                                        |
| П       | P     |                                                                                                                                                        |
| Кю      | Q     |                                                                                                                                                        |
| Р       | R     |                                                                                                                                                        |
| С       | S     |                                                                                                                                                        |
| Ш       | SH    |                                                                                                                                                        |
| Ў       | U     |                                                                                                                                                        |
| Т       | T     |                                                                                                                                                        |
| У       | U     |                                                                                                                                                        |
| В       | V     |                                                                                                                                                        |
| Вь      | W     |                                                                                                                                                        |
| КС      | X     |                                                                                                                                                        |
| Ы       | Y     |                                                                                                                                                        |
| Я       | YA    |                                                                                                                                                        |
| Е       | E    |                                                                                                                                                        |
| Ю       | YU    |                                                                                                                                                        |
| З       | Z     |                                                                                                                                                        |
| ₽       | $     |                                                                                                                                                        |
| ʼ       | '     |                                                                                                                                                        |
| Ь       | `     |                                                                                                                                                        |
| №       | #     |                                                                                                                                                        |

## Latin to Cyrillic

| Latin | Belarusian | Notes                         |
|-------|------------|-------------------------------|
| А     | A          |                               |
| B     | Б          |                               |
| C     | К          | Unless if followed by H       |
| CH    | Ч          |                               |
| Ч     | CH         |                               |
| D     | Д          |                               |
| E     | Е          |                               |
| F     | Ф          |                               |
| G     | Г          |                               |
| G     | ДЖ         | If g is followed by Y, E, I   |
| H     | Х          |                               |
| I     | І          | Unless if followed be U, A, O |
| IU    | Ю          |                               |
| IA    | Я          |                               |
| IO    | Ё          |                               |
| J     | Ж          |                               |
| K     | К          |                               |
| L     | Л          |                               |
| M     | М          |                               |
| N     | Н          |                               |
| O     | О          |                               |
| P     | П          |                               |
| Q     | КЮ         |                               |
| R     | Р          |                               |
| S     | С          | Unless if followed by H       |
| Sh    | Ш          |                               |
| T     | Т          |                               |
| TS    | Ц          | Unless if followed by S       |
| U     | У          |                               |
| V     | В          |                               |
| W     | Ў          |                               |
| X     | КС         |                               |
| Y     | Ы          | Unless if followed by E       |
| YE    | E          |                               |
| Z     | З          |                               |