Wiktionary:Belarusian transliteration

This system is based on the scholarly system of transliteration used in linguistics.

Words are automatically transliterated through Module:be-translit; see Module:be-translit/testcases.


 * The letter Ґ, ґ (G, g) is occasionally used but is not part of the standard Belarusian alphabet.
 * The apostrophe ' is often considered a 33rd letter of the Belarusian alphabet. It is used to separate consonants from following vowels, as in  “drunk”.

Syllabic stress
Syllabic stress is indicated by an acute accent ´ over the stressed vowel:
 * Cyrillic: А́, а́, Е́, е́, І́, і́, О́, о́, У́, у́, Ы́, ы́, Э́, э́, Ю́, ю́, Я́, я́.
 * Roman: Á, á, Jé, jé, Í, í, Ó, ó, Ú, ú, Ý, ý, É, é, Jú, jú, Já, já.

E.g.,


 * <ё> is almost always stressed, and is thus automatically transcribed as jó, unless an accent is provided on another vowel of the word (e.g. ); <ё́> thus shouldn't be used.
 * <о> is almost always stressed, and is thus automatically transcribed as ó, unless an accent is provided on another vowel of the word. However, it is customary to write the accent anyway: <о́>