Cyrillization of Korean


The Cyrillization of Korean is the transcribing and transliterating the Korean language into the Cyrillic alphabet. The main cyrillization system in use is the Kontsevich system. The Kontsevich system was created by the Soviet-Russian scholar Lev Kontsevich in the 1950s based on the earlier transliteration system designed by . As a consequence of the Cold War, a Latin-script variant of the Kontsevich system is used in the states of the former Warsaw Pact, while Serbian and Macedonian follow a Cyrillization system based on McCune–Reischauer romanization owing to the Socialist Federative Republic of Yugoslavia being a non-aligned state outside the Soviet bloc.

Features

Cyrillization systems for Korean were developed domestically in both North Korea and South Korea; Kontsevich carried out work on the systemization of these rules. In contrast with some systems of Romanization of Korean, the transcription is based primarily on the pronunciation of a word, rather than on its spelling.

Consonants

Initial


Hangulㄱㄴㄷㄹㅁㅂㅅㅈㅊㅋㅌㅍㅎㄲㄸㅃㅆㅉㅇ
Cyrillicкнтрмпсччхкхтхпххккттппссчч–
McCune–Reischauerntrmpschchktphkkttppsstch–
Revised Romanizationndrmbsjchktphkkttppssjj–

Final


Hangulㄱㄴㄷㄹㅁㅂㅅㅈㅊㅋㅌㅍㅎㄲㄸㅃㅆㅉㅇ
Cyrillicкнтльмптттктптк––т–нъ
McCune–Reischauerntlmptttktptk––t–ng
Revised Romanizationntlmptttktptk––t–ng

Medial consonant rules

Some letters are transcribed differently in the middle of a word when following certain other letters.


Vowels


Hangulㅏㅑㅓㅕㅗㅛㅜㅠㅡㅣㅐㅒㅔㅖㅚㅟㅢㅘㅝㅙㅞ
Cyrillicаяоёоёуюыиэйяейе/
-е		вевиый/
-и		вавовэве
McCune–Reischaueryaŏyŏoyouyuŭiaeyaee/
-ë		yeoewiŭiwawŏwaewe
Revised Romanizationyaeoyeooyouyueuiaeyaeeyeoewiuiwawowaewe