BGN/PCGN romanization of Kyrgyz
Introduction '''BGN/PCGN romanization system for Kyrgyz''' is a method for romanization of Cyrillic Kyrgyz texts, that is, their transliteration into the Latin alphabet as used in the English language.The BGN/PCGN system for transcribing Kyrgyz was designed to be relatively intuitive for anglophones to pronounce. It is part of the larger set of BGN/PCGN romanizations, which includes methods for twenty-nine different languages. It was developed by the United States Board on Geographic Names and by the Permanent Committee on Geographical Names for British Official Use.This romanization of Kyrgyz can be rendered using the basic letters and punctuation found on English-language keyboards plus one diacritical mark: an umlaut (¨) to represent front vowels not otherwise represented by a roman character. The interpunct character (·) can also optionally be used to avoid certain ambiguity presented by the use of digraphs (e.g. ⟨ng⟩ represents ⟨ң⟩, and ⟨n·g⟩ may be used to represent ⟨нг⟩).The following table describes the system and provides examples. Russianletter Romanization Special provision Examples А (а)  A (a)  None Көк-Ж'''а'''ңг'''а'''к = Kök-J'''a'''ngg'''a'''k Б (б)  B (b)  None '''Б'''ишкек = '''B'''ishkekТаш-Дө'''б'''ө = Tash-Dö'''b'''ö В (в)  V (v)  This letter occurs principally in Russian borrowings. '''В'''ладимир = '''V'''ladimir Г (г)  G (g)  None Көк-Жаң'''г'''ак = Kök-Jang'''g'''ak Д (д)  D (d)  None Таш-'''Д'''өбө = Tash-'''D'''öbö Е (е)  E (e)  This letter does not occur at the beginning of native Kyrgyz words, and actually represents something more like "ye" when preceded by a vowel. Бишк'''е'''к = Bishk'''e'''k Ё (ё)  Yo (yo)  This letter does not occur at the beginning of native Kyrgyz words. Ж (ж)  J (j)  None Көк-'''Ж'''аңгак = Kök-'''J'''anggak З (з)  Z (z)  None Бо'''з'''-Тери = Bo'''z'''-Teri И (и)  I (i)  None Б'''и'''шкек = B'''i'''shkek Й (й)  Y (y)  This letter does not occur in the beginning of a word in native Kyrgyz words. Шамалдуу-Са'''й''' = Shamalduu-Sa'''y''' К (к)  K (k)  None '''К'''өк-Жаңгак = '''K'''ök-JanggakБиш'''к'''е'''к''' = Bish'''k'''e'''k''' Л (л)  L (l)  None Ысык-кө'''л''' = Ysyk-kö'''l''' М (м)  M (m)  None Ша'''м'''алдуу-Сай = Sha'''m'''alduu-Say Н (н)  N (n)  None Батке'''н''' = Batke'''n'''  Ң (ң)  Ng (ng)  This letter does not occur at the beginning of a word Көк-Жа'''ң'''гак = Kök-Ja'''ng'''gak О (о)  O (o)  None  Ө (ө)  Ö (ö)  None К'''ө'''к-Жаңгак = K'''ö'''k-Janggak П (п)  P (p)  None  Р (р)  R (r)  None Боз-Те'''р'''и = Boz-Te'''r'''i С (с)  S (s)  None Ы'''с'''ык-көл = Y'''s'''yk-köl Т (т)  T (t)  None '''Т'''аш-Дөбө = '''T'''ash-Döbö У (у)  U (u)  None  Ү (ү)  Ü (ü)  None Ф (ф)  F (f)  This letter occurs principally in Russian borrowings. '''Ф'''урманов = '''F'''urmanov Х (х)  Kh (kh)  None  Ц (ц)  Ts (ts)  This letter occurs principally in Russian borrowings. Ель'''ц'''ин = Yel’tsin Ч (ч)  Ch (ch)  None  Ш (ш)  Sh (sh)  None Та'''ш'''-Дөбө = Ta'''sh'''-Döbö Щ (щ)  Shch (shch)  This letter only occurs in Russian borrowings. Ъ (ъ)  ”  This letter does not occur in the beginning of a word, and only occurs in Russian borrowings. Ы (ы)  Y (y)  This letter may optionally be transcribed as ɨ. '''Ы'''с'''ы'''к-көл = '''Y'''s'''y'''k-köl Ь (ь)  ’  This letter does not occur in the beginning of a word, and only occurs in Russian borrowings. Э (э)  E (e)  This letter only occurs doubled in native Kyrgyz words. Ю (ю)  Yu (yu)  This character does not occur at the beginning of native Kyrgyz words. Я (я)  Ya (ya)  This letter does not occur at the beginning of native Kyrgyz words.
See also *ISO 9
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References *U.S. Board on Geographic Names Foreign Names Committee Staff, 1994. ''Romanization Systems and Roman-Script Spelling Conventions'', pp. 55–56.