Romanian Cyrillic | |
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Script type | |
Period | 14th–19th centuries [a] |
Languages | Romanian |
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Parent systems | Phoenician alphabet
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Sister systems | Early Cyrillic alphabet |
The Romanian Cyrillic alphabet is the Cyrillic alphabet that was used to write the Romanian language and Church Slavonic until the 1830s, when it began to be gradually replaced by a Latin-based Romanian alphabet. Cyrillic remained in occasional use until the 1920s, mostly in Russian-ruled Bessarabia. [1]
From the 1830s until the full adoption of the Latin alphabet, the Romanian transitional alphabet was in place, combining Cyrillic and Latin letters, and including some of the Latin letters with diacritics that remain in the modern Romanian alphabet. [2] The Romanian Orthodox Church continued using the alphabet in its publications until 1881. [3]
The Romanian Cyrillic alphabet is not the same as the Moldovan Cyrillic alphabet (which is based on the modern Russian alphabet) that was used in the Moldavian SSR for most of the Soviet era and that is still used in Transnistria.
The orthographic rules for the Romanian Cyrilic script were relatively inconsistent, especially differing from region to region.
Some of the more common(especially in the late 18th century) standards include: [4]
1. 'ь' is placed at the end of words ending in a consonant. It represents the archaic Romanian "short asyllabic final u sound", which was denoted with 'ꙋ' or 'ꙋ꙼' in some older texts. [5] 'ь' was eventually dropped to reduce printing cost.
2. The breve mark is used to mark a vowel as short, such as with 'й' and 'Ꙋ꙼' which are not considered separate from 'и' and 'ꙋ' respectively.
3. Є, Ѻ, Оу and Ꙗ are the initial variants of Е, О, Ꙋ, Ѧ respectively.
4. Ї is the equivalent of И before a vowel. It is also used in Greek loanwords and proper names.
5. Ꙟ serves as the word initial equivalent of ѫ. It can represent the sounds /ɨn/ and /ɨm/ as well.
6. Ѯ Ѱ Ѳ Ѵ are only used in Greek loanwords.
7. Ѵ usually represents the sounds /i/ when proceeding a consonant and /v/ when proceeding a vowel. Although educated speakers likely pronounced it as /y/.
8. 'їꙋ' or iotated ꙋ may be used in place of 'ю' in proper names.
8. 'ꙍ' can be used as a variation of 'ѻ' as well as replacing 'o' when stressed. It also appears in the endings of words in the genitive and dative. It rarely represents the diphthong /o̯a/ more often representing the diphthong /ŭə/.
The Romanian Cyrillic alphabet was close to the contemporary version of the Early Cyrillic alphabet of the Church Slavonic liturgical language.
Letter | Numerical value | Romanian Latin equivalent | Transitional alphabet | Moldovan Cyrillic equivalent | Phoneme | Romanian name [6] | Slavonic equiv. name |
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А а | 1 | a | A a | а | /a/ | az | азъ (azŭ) |
Б Б | b | Б Б | б | /b/ | buche | бꙋкꙑ (buky) | |
В в | 2 | v | В в | в | /v/ | vede | вѣдѣ (vĕdĕ) |
Г г | 3 | gh (before e, i) g (elsewhere) | G g | г | /ɡ/ | glagol | глаголи (glagoli) |
Д д | 4 | d | D d | д | /d/ | dobru | добро (dobro) |
Є є, Е е [b] | 5 | e | E e | е | /e/ | est | єстъ (estŭ) |
Ж ж | j | Ж ж | ж | /ʒ/ | juvete | живѣтє (živěte) | |
Ѕ ѕ | 6 | dz | Ḑ ḑ | дз | /d͡z/ | zalu | ꙃѣло (dzělo) |
З з | 7 | z | Z z | з | /z/ | zemle | зємл҄ꙗ (zemlja) |
И и | 8 | i | I i | и | /i/ | ije | ижє (iže) |
Й й [c] | i | Ĭ ĭ | й | /j/,/ʲ/ | |||
І і [d] [e] | 10 | i | I i | и | /i/ | i | и (i) |
К к | 20 | ch (before e, i) c (elsewhere) | К к or K k | к | /k/ | kaku | како (kako) |
Л л | 30 | l | Л л | л | /l/ | liude | людиѥ (ljudije) |
М м | 40 | m | M m | м | /m/ | mislete | мꙑслитє (myslite) |
Н н | 50 | n | N n | н | /n/ | naș | нашь (našĭ) |
Ѻ ѻ, О о [b] | 70 | o | O o | о | /o̯/ | on | онъ (onŭ) |
П п | 80 | p | П п | п | /p/ | pocoi | покои (pokoi) |
Р р | 100 | r | Р р | р | /r/ | râță | рьци (rĭci) |
С с | 200 | s | S s | с | /s/ | slovă | слово (slovo) |
Т т | 300 | t | T t | т | /t/ | tferdu | тврьдо (tvrĭdo) |
ОУ оу [b] | 400 | u | Ꙋ ꙋ [7] (Ȣ, ȣ, ɣ) | у | /u/ | upsilon | ꙋкъ (ukŭ) |
Оу Ȣ, У Ȣ [b] | ucu | ||||||
Ф ф | 500 | f | F f | ф | /f/ | fârta | фрьтъ (frĭtŭ) |
Х х | 600 | h | Х х | х | /h/ | heru | хѣръ (xěrŭ) |
Ѡ ѡ [f] | 800 | o | O o | о | /o/ | omega | отъ (otŭ) |
Щ щ | șt | Щ щ | шт | /ʃt/ | ștea | ща (šta) | |
Ц ц | 900 | ț | Ц ц | ц | /t͡s/ | ți | ци |
Ч ч | 90 | c (before e, i) ci (elsewhere) | Ч ч | ч | /t͡ʃ/ | cervu | чрьвь (črĭvĭ) |
Ш ш | ș | Ш ш | ш | /ʃ/ | șa | ша (ša) | |
Ъ ъ | ă, ŭ [g] | Ъ ъ | э | /ə/ | ier | ѥръ (jerŭ) | |
Ы ы, Ꙑ ꙑ | â, î | Î î | ы | /ɨ/ | ierî | ѥрꙑ (jery) | |
Ь ь | ă, ŭ, ĭ [g] | Ꙋ̆ ꙋ̆ | ь | — | ieri | ѥрь (jerĭ) | |
Ѣ ѣ | ea | Ea ea | я | /e̯a/ | eati(u) | ѣть (ětĭ) | |
Ю ю | iu | Ĭꙋ ĭꙋ | ю | /ju/ | io / iu | ю (ju) | |
Ꙗ ꙗ [b] | ia | Ĭa ĭa | я | /ja/ | ia | ꙗ (ja) | |
Ѥ ѥ [b] | ie | Ĭe ĭe | ие | /je/ | ѥ (je) | ||
Ѧ ѧ | ĭa, ea [g] | Ĭa ĭa, Ea ea | я | /ja/ | ia | ѧсъ (ęsŭ) | |
Ѫ ѫ | î | Î î | ы | /ɨ/ | ius | ѫсъ (ǫsŭ) | |
Ѯ ѯ [h] | 60 | x | Ks ks | кс | /ks/ | csi | ѯи (ksi) |
Ѱ ѱ [h] | 700 | ps | Пs пs | пс | /ps/ | psi | ѱи (psi) |
Ѳ ѳ [h] | 9 | th, ft | T t, Ft ft | т, фт | /t/ and approx. /θ/ or /f/ | thita | фита (fita) |
Ѵ ѵ [h] | 400 | i, u | I i; Ꙋ ꙋ | и, у | /i/,/y/,/v/ | ijița | ижица (ižica) |
Ꙟ ꙟ, ↑ ↑ | în îm | În în Îm îm | ын, ым | /ɨn/, /ɨm/ | în | ||
Џ џ | g (before e, i) gi (elsewhere) | Џ џ | ӂ | /d͡ʒ/ | gea |
Starting with the 1830s and ending with the official adoption of the Latin alphabet, there were no regulations for writing Romanian, and various alphabets using Cyrillic and Latin letters, besides the mid-transitional version in the table above, were used, sometimes two or more of them in a single book. The following table shows some of the many alphabets used in print.
Pre-1830 | 1833 [8] | 1838 [9] | 1846 (1) [10] | 1846 (2) [11] | 1848 [12] | 1858 [13] | 1860 [14] |
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А а | А а | А а | А а | А а | А а | A a | A a |
Б Б | Б Б | Б Б | Б Б | Б Б | Б Б | B b | Б Б |
В в | В в | В в | В в | В в | В в | V v | В в |
Г г | Г г | Г г | Г г | Г г | Г г | G g | Г г |
Д д | Д д | Д д | D d | Д д | D d | D d | D d |
Є є, Е e | Є є | Є є | E e | E ɛ | E e | E e | E e |
Ж ж | Ж ж | Ж ж | Ж ж | Ж ж | Ж ж | J j | Ж ж |
Ѕ ѕ | Ѕ ѕ | Дз дз | Ḑ ḑ | Дз дз | Dz dz | Dz dz | Dz dz |
З з | З з | З з | Z z | З з | Z z | Z z | Z z |
И и | И и | I i | I i | І і | I i | I i | I i |
І і | Ї ї | I i | I i | І і | I i | I i | I i |
К к | К к | К к | K k | К к | К к | K k | K k |
Л л | Л л | Л л | Л л | Л л | Л л | L l | L l |
М м | М м | М м | M m | М м | M m | M m | M m |
Н н | Н н | Н н | N n | N ɴ | N n | N n | N n |
Ѻ ѻ, О o | О о | О о | O o | О о | О о | О о | O о |
П п | П п | П п | П п | П п | П п | П п | П п |
Р р | Р р | Р р | Р р | Р р | Р р | R r | Р р |
С с | С с | С с | S s | С с | С с | S s | S s |
Т т | Т т | Т т | T t | Т т | Т т | T t | T t |
Оу оу | У у (initial) Ꙋ ꙋ (mid and final) | Ꙋ ꙋ | Ꙋ ꙋ | Ꙋ ꙋ | Ꙋ ꙋ | Ꙋ ꙋ | Ꙋ ꙋ |
Ꙋ, ȣ | |||||||
Ф ф | Ф ф | Ф ф | Ф ф | Ф ф | Ф ф | F f | Ф ф |
Х х | Х х | Х х | Х х | Х х | Х х | Х х | Х х |
Ѡ ѡ | Ѡ ѡ [i] | О о | O o | О о | O o | О о | О о |
Щ щ | Щ щ | Щ щ | Щ щ | Шт шт | Щ щ | Шt шt | Шt шt |
Ц ц | Ц ц | Ц ц | Ц ц | Ц ц | Ц ц | Ц ц | Ц ц |
Ч ч | Ч ч | Ч ч | Ч ч | Ч ч | Ч ч | Ч ч | Ч ч |
Ш ш | Ш ш | Ш ш | Ш ш | Ш ш | Ш ш | Ш ш | Ш ш |
Ъ ъ | Ъ ъ | Ъ ъ | Ъ ъ | Ъ ъ | Ъ ъ | Ъ ъ | Ъ ъ |
Ы ы | Ꙟ ꙟ (initial) Ѫ ѫ (mid and final) | Ꙟ ꙟ (initial) Ѫ ѫ (mid and final) | Ꙟ ꙟ | Ꙟ ꙟ / Î î (transitional form) | Ꙟ ꙟ (initial) Ѫ ѫ (mid and final) | Î î | Î î |
Ѣ ѣ | Ѣ ѣ | Ѣ ѣ | Ea ea | Eа εа (ligature, small letter only) | Ea ea | Ea ea | Ea ea |
Ю ю | Ю ю | IꙊ iꙋ (ligature) | IꙊ Iꙋ iꙋ (ligature) | IꙊ Iꙋ іꙋ (ligature, small letter only) | Iꙋ iꙋ | IꙊ iꙋ (ligature) | Ĭꙋ ĭꙋ |
Ꙗ ꙗ | Ꙗ ꙗ (initial) Ѧ ѧ (mid and final) | Ꙗ ꙗ | Ꙗ Iа (ligature) ꙗ | IА Iа ꙗ | Ia ia | Ĭa ĭa | Ĭa ĭa |
Ѥ ѥ | Йє йє | Ĭe ĭe | Ĭe ĭe | Ĭε ĭε | Ie ie | Ĭe ĭe | Ĭe ĭe |
Ѧ ѧ | Ꙗ ꙗ (initial) Ѧ ѧ (mid and final) | Ꙗ ꙗ | Ꙗ Iа (ligature) ꙗ | IА Iа ꙗ | Ia ia | Ĭa ĭa | Ĭa ĭa |
Ѫ ѫ | Ꙟ ꙟ (initial) Ѫ ѫ (mid and final) | Ꙟ ꙟ (initial) Ѫ ѫ (mid and final) | Ꙟ ꙟ | Ꙟ ꙟ / Î î (transitional form) | Ꙟ ꙟ (initial) Ѫ ѫ (mid and final) | Î î | Î î |
Ѯ ѯ | Кс кс | Кс кс | Ks ks | Кс кс | Кс кс | Ks ks | Ks ks |
Ѱ ѱ [h] | Пс пс | Пс пс | Пs пs | Пс пс | Пс пс | Пs пs | Пs пs |
Ѳ ѳ [h] | Т т | Т т | T t | Ѳ ѳ | Т т | T t | T t |
Ѵ ѵ [h] | И, Ꙋ | I, Ꙋ | I, Ꙋ | І, Ꙋ | І, Ꙋ | I, Ꙋ | I, Ꙋ |
Ꙟ ꙟ | Ꙟн ꙟн Ꙟм ꙟм | Ꙟн ꙟн Ꙟм ꙟм | Ꙟн ꙟн Ꙟм ꙟм | Ꙟɴ ꙟɴ Ꙟм ꙟм | Ꙟn ꙟn Ꙟm ꙟm | În în Îm îm | În în Îm îm |
Џ џ | Џ џ | Џ џ | Џ џ | Џ џ | Џ џ | Џ џ | Џ џ |
According to a document from the 1850s, [15] this is how the Romanian Lord's Prayer looked in Cyrillic script. Transcriptional values correspond to the above table.
Та́тъль нѡ́стрꙋ | Tatăl nostru |
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Та́тъль но́стрꙋ ка́реле є҆́щй ꙟ҆ че́рюрй: сфн҃цѣ́скъсе нꙋ́меле тъ́ꙋ: | Tatăl nostru, carele ești în ceriuri, sfințeascăse numele tău: |
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