Cyrillization of Esperanto

Cyrillization of Esperanto refers to the transcription or transliteration of text from Esperanto written in the Latin script into the Cyrillic script.^[1] During the Soviet era, the esperantists wrote frequently Esperanto in Cyrillic characters since the typewriters in Latin characters were uncommon. Nowadays, the utilisation of the Cyrillic alphabet in order to write Esperanto is no longer so necessary. It can be used, however, to transcribe the texts of the manuals of Esperanto for the people where Cyrillic alphabet is used nationally.

The system described here has Byelorussian, Russian and Serbian origins.

Transliteration

Latin letter	Cyrillic letter	IPA pronunciation
A a	А а	/a/
B b	Б б	/b/
C c	Ц ц	/t͡s/
Ĉ ĉ	Ч ч	/t͡ʃ/
D d	Д д	/d/
E e	Е е	/e/
F f	Ф ф	/f/
G g	Г г	/g/
Ĝ ĝ	Џ џ	/d͡ʒ/
H h	Һ һ	/h/
Ĥ ĥ	Х х	/x/
I i	И и	/i/
J j	Й й	/j/
Ĵ ĵ	Ж ж	/ʒ/
K k	К к	/k/
L l	Л л	/l/
M m	М м	/m/
N n	Н н	/n/
O o	О о	/o/
P p	П п	/p/
R r	Р р	/r/
S s	С с	/s/
Ŝ ŝ	Ш ш	/ʃ/
T t	Т т	/t/
U u	У у	/u/
Ŭ ŭ	Ў ў	/w/
V v	В в	/v/
Z z	З з	/z/

Examples

In Latin alphabet

Artikolo 1ª de la Universala Deklaracio de Homaj Rajtoj:

Ĉiuj homoj estas denaske liberaj kaj egalaj laŭ digno kaj rajtoj. Ili posedas racion kaj konsciencon, kaj devus konduti unu al alia en spirito de frateco.

In Cyrillic alphabet

Артиколо 1ª де ла Универсала Декларацио де Һомай Райтой:

Чиуй һомой естас денаске либерай кай егалай лаў дигно кай райтой. Или поседас рацион кай консциенцон, кай девус кондути уну ал алиа ен спирито де фратецо.

Translation

Article 1º of the Universal Declaration of Human rights:

All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood.

References

1. "Kiel skribi Esperanton per la kirila skribo" (in Esperanto). Retrieved 11 August 2015.