Appendix:Ukrainian alphabet

The Ukrainian alphabet is a variation of the Cyrillic, with 33 letters.

Historical variation
Until the official Ukrainian Orthography of 1990, the alphabetical order ended with ю, я, ь, instead of ь, ю, я. As confirmed with the publishers of the "Ukrainian Orthography", they confirmed that the book was published in New York City, USA. And those who helped translate the book into English were non-Ukrainians. Future publishings will include the correction of the "ь" in the correct position and order of ю, я, ь.

See also: Мій найкращий Словнии, 2nd,edition, Ukrainian Editor Orest Dubas as well Ukrainian Primer by Elias Shklanka, M.A., published by KNYHO-SPILKA in New York and the revered authority the "Pravopysnyi Slovnyk" by H. Holoskevych, First edition published in 1929, in Ukraine, then multiple times in various countries, including Canada and the U.S.A. and now the thirteenth edition in 2006, published again in Ukraine (ISBN: 966-8767-34-9) ББК 81.2УКР-4 Г61

Romanization
In English-language and other Roman-alphabet sources, Ukrainian words are often romanized (transliterated into the Latin alphabet). The table below includes the most common methods of transliteration used in language references and dictionaries.


 * Scholarly transliteration (a.k.a. the scientific or linguistic method, or the international system as part of the British Standard, below) is used in linguistics and Slavic studies, and in Wiktionary (see Ukrainian transliteration).
 * ALA-LC (American Library Association–Library of Congress) romanization is used in library catalogues and in general publications throughout the English-speaking world.
 * British Standard transliteration (BS 2979) was used by Oxford publications (including the OED, in etymologies), and by the British Library before 1975, but has largely been superseded by ALA-LC transliteration.
 * Ukrainian National transliteration is used to derive official Roman-alphabet spellings of Ukrainian names, and has been adopted by the United Nations.

Romanization in linguistics, lexicography, bibliography, and cartography often strictly follows such a standard. It is usually relaxed for the sake of natural reading in running text, particularly for proper names. For example, in one history book:

In this book, Ukrainian place and personal names are transliterated using the simplified Library of Congress system with soft signs, apostrophes, and diacritical marks omitted throughout. The masculine ending “-yi” is shortened to “-y,” and the initial iotated vowels rendered with a “y” rather than “i.”. . . —Serhy Yekelchyk (2007), Ukraine: Birth of a Modern Nation, Oxford University Press, p xiii.