Ukrainian-english transliteration table
| Ukrainian letter
| English letter
| Note
| Example
|
| А
| А
| -
| Алушта - Alushta
|
| Б
| B
| -
| Борщагівка - Borschahivka
|
| В
| V
| -
| Вишгород - Vyshhorod
|
| Г
| H, gh
| Н-in most cases, gh - when recreating the combination “зг”
| Гадяч - Hadiach;
Згорани - Zghorany
|
| Ґ
| G
| -
| Ґалаґан - Galagan
|
| Д
| D
| -
| Дон - Don
|
| Е
| E
| -
| Рівне - Rivne
|
| Є
| Ye, ie
| Ye - at the beginning of words,
іе - in other positions
| Єнакієве - Yenakiieve; Наєнко - Naienko
|
| Ж
| Zh
| -
| Житомир - Zhytomyr
|
| З
| Z
| -
| Закарпаття - Zakarpattia
|
| И
| Y
| -
| Медвин - Medvyn
|
| I
| I
| -
| Iршава - Irshava
|
| Ї
| I
| Yi - at the beginning of words,
і - in other positions
| Їжакевич - Yizhakevych; Кадіївка - Kadiivka
|
| Й
| Y, i
| Y - at the beginning of words,
і - in other positions
| Йосипівка - Yosypivka;
Стрий - Stryi
|
| К
| K
| -
| Київ - Kyiv
|
| Л
| L
| -
| Лебедин - Lebedyn
|
| М
| M
| -
| Миколаїв - Mykolaiv
|
| Н
| N
| -
| Ніжин - Nizhin
|
| О
| O
| -
| Одеса - Odesa
|
| П
| P
| -
| Полтава - Poltava
|
| Р
| R
| -
| Ромни - Romny
|
| С
| S
| -
| Суми - Sumy
|
| Т
| T
| -
| Тетерів - Teteriv
|
| У
| U
| -
| Ужгород - Uzhhorod
|
| Ф
| F
| -
| Фастів - Fastiv
|
| Х
| Kh
| -
| Харків - Kharkiv
|
| Ц
| Ts
| -
| Біла Церква - Bila Tserkva
|
| Ч
| Ch
| -
| Чернівці - Chernivtsi
|
| Ш
| Sh
| -
| Шостка - Shostka
|
| Щ
| Sch
| -
| Гоща -Hoscha
|
| Ь
| ’
|
| Русь - Rus’;
Львів - L’viv
|
| Ю
| Yu, iu
| Yu - at the beginning of words,
iu - in other positions
| Юрій - Yurii;
Крюківка - Krukivka
|
| Я
| Ya, ia
| Ya - at the beginning of words,
іа - in other positions
| Яготин - Yahotyn;
Iчня - Ichnia
|
| ’ (apostrophe)
|
|
| Знам’янка - Znamianka
|
SOME RULES OF READING
I i
| [i]
| pig, spirit, itchy, riddle, since, thin, tick, pink, limited, insect
|
| [ai]
| pine, kite, isolated, item, kind, mind, find, white, wise
|
A a
| [æ]
| cat, fantastic, bag, black, flag, has, grammar, bank, rabbit
|
| [ei]
| cake, plate, Jane, brave, race, way, radio, state, stage
|
| [a:]
| garden, classroom, father, carpet, start, grass, pass, hard, rather
|
| [o:]
| all, ball, wall, walk, call, crawl
|
О о
[  ]
| dog, shop, not, Tom, box, drop, clock, bottle, bottom, wrong
|
| [ou]
| stove, rose, sofa, no, toad, coat, window, robot, toast
|
E e
| [e]
| pen, length, yes, hen, nest, well, guest, regular, temper, tender
|
U u
| [ʌ]
| cup, bus, such, summer, fun, junk, jump, drunk, jungle, lunch
|
oo
| [u]
| book, took, good, wood
|
| [u:]
| spoon, tooth, cool, proof, too, tool
|
eе
| [i:]
| street, tree, three, green, free, week, keep, sweep
|
| [ei]
| [æ]
| [e]
| [ai]
| [u]
| [ə]
| [  ]
| [  ]
| [t  e]
|
| name
eight
away
stake
steak
stage
| have
has
black
stand
splash
matter
| friend
bread
deaf
death
steady
leisure
| tie
right
night
fight
sight
pike
| put
foot
sugar
would
could
| under
October
colour
winter
lawer
| other
colour
cut
enough
tongue
| other
they
thus
with
weather
| picture
structure
literature
texture
mixture
|
|
|
| [a:]
| [ ]
| [ə:]
| [æ]
| [d3]
|
| craft
laugh
army
bravo
| mother
brother
other
cousin
| worker
third
her
surfice
| family
Ann
captain
battle
| Jane
John
journalist
junior
|
|
|
| [Ө]
| [ai]
| [ou]
| [ :]
| [ ]
| [εə]
|
| fifth
twelfth
thick
thief
truth
| nice
buy
write
tie
type
| window
yellow
coat
slow
crow
| door
launch four
your
water
| shut
cut
blood
custom
one
| their
hair
fare
fair
bear
|
| |
| [ə:]
| [i:]
| [εə]
| [ou]
| [au]
| [u:]
|
| learn
shirt
curtain
person
surgeon
| read
teacher
beach
beetle
weak
| their
there
where
parents
vary
| go
no
wrote
though
progress
| now
down
how
cow
| do
who
through
screw
crew
|
|
|
| [ou]
| [ei]
| [ə:]
| [ :]
| [i:]
| [ ]
| [aiə]
|
| home
stove
whole
stone
snow
| play
day
break
trade
trail
| thirteen
third
shirt
skirt
burgler
| ball
law
course
warm
worm
| sleep week
weak
season
| without
there
therefore
| dialogue pioneer
quiet
prior
triumph
|
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