Downloaded from https://www.everyspec.com FM 34-54 NOTES: 1. The letters are numbered sequentially for ease of reference. The alphabetic order given is the convenient one, which is not necessarily the traditional one. 2. The letters marked "N" are nonconsonants; and the letters marked "C" are consonants. 3. Letters 7 and 8 have alternate transliterations for Russian and Belorussian. In all cases, the first transliteration is used when the letter occurs after a "C" letter; the second transliteration is used in all other cases, including when the letter begins the word. 4. Letter 8 is not considered a separate letter and its dieresis is often omitted. 5.
Letter 4 is pronounced something like "h" in Ukrainian and Belorussian and "h" is often the recommended transliteration. However, transliteration "g" is recommended here to eliminate confusion with the letters transliterated "sh" and "zh." 6. The "Other" category refers to various minority languages in the Soviet Union, many of which are Uralic or Altaic languages. Figure G-5. Cyrillic alphabet and transliteration chart (continued) . UKRAINIAN: Ukrainian is distinguished by the use of letters 12 and 13 and the non-use of letter 39. Letters 9 and 14 also are unique to Ukrainian, but their frequency is low and their absence may be accidental.
When Ukrainian is identified, pay particular attention to the transliteration of letter 12. The recommended transliteration for letter 4 is "g" even though its pronunciation is closer to English "h." BELORUSSIAN: Belorussian is distinguished by the use of letters 13 and 39 and the non-use of letter 12. Letter 30 is unique to Belorussian, but its frequency is not high enough to use it as an identification sign. As in Ukrainian, letter 4 in Belorussian is transliterated "g" and pronounced like "h." SERBIAN: Serbian is spotted easily by the several unique letters it uses: letters 6, 16, 19, 22, 28, and 35. Serbian is conventionally transliterated into Croatian, and this is what the chart gives.
The diacritics of the Croatian script are discussed in the "ROMAN ALPHABET LANGUAGES" section above. G-13