Convert Cyrillic characters to Latin characters (transliteration).
Default transliteration works according to ISO 9:1995.
However, ISO 9 is rarely used because it has unusual diacritical letters. Thus:
- Gaj's Latin alphabet transliteration is supported for Serbian, Macedonian, and Montenegrin alphabets;
- The -ia exception at the end of the word is supported for Bulgarian transliteration;
- The Kazakh transliteration follows the Decree of the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated October 26, 2017, No. 569, 2021 revision;
- MNS 5217:2012 standard is supported for the Mongolian Cyrillic alphabet;
- For Russian and Belarusian languages is used GOST 7.79-2000 (B);
- Additional ALA-LC romanization system for Russian;
- The Ukrainian Cyrillic alphabet is transliterated into Latin by the Ukrainian national system based on BGN/PCGN 2019;
- For Uzbek romanization is used Latin-based alphabet of the proposed version from 2023.
Be aware that the presented romanization rules are unsuitable for transliteration of geographic names.
npm install cyrillic-romanization
import cyrillicToLatin from 'cyrillic-romanization';
// ISO 9 by default
cyrillicToLatin('Ћирилица је изведена из грчког унцијала');
// => Ćirilica ǰe izvedena iz grčkog unciǰala
// Convert Serbian Cyrillic alphabet to Gaj's Latin alphabet
cyrillicToLatin('Овај веб сајт користи колачиће', 'srp');
// => Ovaj veb sajt koristi kolačiće
// Convert Russian into GOST 7.79-2000 System B
cyrillicToLatin(
'Широкая электрификация южных губерний даст мощный толчок подъёму сельского хозяйства',
'rus',
);
// => Shirokaya elektrifikaciya yuzhnyx gubernij dast moshhnyj tolchok podʺyomu selʹskogo xozyajstva-
iso9— ISO 9, default (optional); -
alalc— ALA-LC romanization for Russian; -
bel— Belarusian language; -
bul— Bulgarian language; -
cnr— Montenegrin language; -
kaz— Kazakh language; -
mkd— Macedonian language; -
mon— Mongolian language; -
rus— Russian language; -
srp— Serbian language; -
ukr— Ukrainian language; -
uzb— Uzbek language.