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Transliteration

The scores are transliterated from Cyrillic to Latin letters using one of several systems that exist for Ukrainian-to-English romanization. The corresponding table, with a general pronunciation guide, is available for download here.

Ukrainian / Latin Transcription (representation of approximate sounds) А а Б б В в Г г Ґ ґ Д д Е е Є є
Ж ж З з И и І і Ї ї Й й К к Л л
М м Н н О о П п Р р С с Т т У у
Ф ф Х х Ц ц Ч ч Ш ш Щ щ Ю ю Я я
Ь ь '
Ukrainian letter letter in transcription Information about letters and examples.
А а a Sounds like english A in words - ask, art, task, grass.
Б б b Sounds like english B in words - back, bad, ball.
В в v Sounds like english V in words - victory, very – or like english W at end of words – row, tow.
Г г h Sounds like english H in words – house, hat, hen.
Ґ ґ g Sounds like english G in words - game, get, gangster.
Д д d Sounds like english D in words - dark, day.
Е е e Sounds like english E in words - men, pent, best.
Є є je Sounds like english YE in words - yellow, yes, yesterday.
Ж ж zh Sounds like english S in words - treasure, measure.
З з z Sounds like english Z in words - zebra, zero, zoo.
И и y Sounds like english very soundless I - in words ink, mix, pick.
І і i Sounds like english EE or I - in words meek, seen or pique, machine.
Ї ї
ji Sounds like english YIE - in word yield, or like YEA - in word yeast.
Й й j Sounds like english Y - in words yes, yacht, boy.
К к k Sounds like english K - in words kite, kilo, kiss.
Л л l Sounds like english L - in words look, light lake.
М м m Sounds like english M - in words money, mother.
Н н n Sounds like english N - in words new, no, now.
О о o Sounds like english O - in words not, got, long.
П п p Sounds like english P - in words post, please, spot.
Р р r Sounds like a “rolled” english R - in words run, rest.
С с s Sounds like english S - in words sat, settle, sun.
Т т t Sounds like english T - in words test, table, wet.
У у u Sounds between english U - in words but, pull, full, and english OO – in words boot, pool, fool.
Ф ф f Sounds like english F - in words far, fat, fault.
Х х kh Sounds like scottish CH - in word loch, but more voiced.
Ц ц ts Sounds like english TS - in words tsetse, nuts.
Ч ч ch Sounds like english CH - in words chip, church, change.
Ш ш sh Sounds like english SH - in words shift, shoe, shoot.
Щ щ shch Sounds like english SHCH - in words fresh cheese
Ю ю ju Sounds like english YOU - in word you.
Я я ja Sounds like english YA - in words yard, yam, royal.
Ь ь ' This is not a letter, but a symbol. It makes a preceding consonant more tender (palatalized).