Italian Cyrillic (Итаԓирико)

Italian Cyrillic was invented by Stefan Stanchev (Стефан Станчев) from Bulgaria in September 2017. He invented it because his favorite type of writing system is Cyrillic, and he is learning Italian language, and because it might help him to learn and understand the Italian language better. The letters are based on Slavic Cyrillic, Turkic Cyrillic, and some from Old Church Slavonic. He also added some extra letters for loanwords.

Italian Cyrillic

Download an alphabet chart for Italian Cyrillic (Excel)

Notes

Ăă - Àà: sarà - сарă
Ғғ - Gg (ge, gge, gi and ggi only): angelo - анғеԓо; energia - енерғиа; raggio - рағғо
Ӗӗ - Èè: caffè - каффӗ; è grande - ӗ гранде
Єє - Éé: perché - перҟє
Йй - Ìì: venerdì - венердй
Ҟҟ - ch and cch only: china - ҟина; occhi - оҟҟи; pesche - песҟе
Ꝙꝙ - qu and qqu only: acqua - акꝙа; questo - ꝙесто; squadra - сꝙадра; soqquadro - соꝙꝙадро
Ԡԡ - gl only: famiglia - фамиԡа; figlio - фиԡo
Ԣԣ - gn only: bagno - баԣо; sogno - соԣо; spagnolo - спаԣоԓо
Ŏŏ - Òò: però - перŏ
Сс - Ss: 1. at the start of a word before a vowel: Sara - Сара
2. or before a voiceless consonant: spuntare - спунтаре
3. double ss: grosso - гроссо
4. аt the start of the second part of a compound word. These words are formed by adding a prefix to a word beginning with s: affittasi - аффиттаси; disotto - дисотто; girasole - ғирасоԓе…
5. it is pronounced s in some words between two vowels: casa - каса; cosa - коса; mese - месе; naso - насо; peso - песо...
Ӟӟ - Ss (between two vowels in some words, or before voiced consonants, it is pronounced like z): musica - муӟика; sbranare - ӟбранаре
Ўў - Ùù: virtù - виртў
Ħħ - Hh (it is not pronounced in Italian): hanno - ħанно; maghi - магћи
Ҵҵ - Zz: 1. at the start of a word in which the second syllable starts with a voiceless consonant: zampa - ҵампа; zoccolo - ҵоккоԓо; zufolo - ҵуфоԓо...
2. when followed by an ⟨i⟩ which is followed, in turn, by another vowel: zio - ҵио; agenzia - ағенҵиа; grazie - граҵие...
3. after the letter l: alzare - аԓҵаре; 4. in words ending in -ezza, -ozza or -uzzo: grandezza - грандеҵҵа; tinozza - тиноҵҵа; spruzzo - спруҵҵо...
5. in the infinitive ending -azzare: ammazzare - аммаҵҵаре
6.in the suffixes -anza, -enza and -onzolo: usanza - уӟанҵа; credenza - креденҵа; ballonzolo - баԓԓонҵоԓо...
Ss - Zz: 1. аt the start of a word in which the second syllable starts with a voiced consonant: zanzara - sанsара; zebra - sебра
2. if it is single (not doubled) and between two single vowels: azalea - аѕаԓеа
3. in the verb suffix -izzare (from Greek -ίζειν;): organizzare - органиѕѕаре
Ӵӵ - Cc (before e and i): voce - воӵе; facile - фаӵиԓе; salsiccia - саԓсиӵӵа
Шш - sce and sci only: pesce - пеше; uscita - ушита

Sample text in Italian Cyrillic

Тутти ԡи ессери умани насконо ԓибери ед егуаԓи ин диԣитă е диритти. Есси соно дотати ди рағоне е ди кошенҵа е девоно ағире ԡи уни версо ԡи аԓтри ин спирито ди фратеԓԓанҵа.

Transliteration

Tutti gli esseri umani nascono liberi ed eguali in dignità e diritti. Essi sono dotati di ragione e di coscienza e devono agire gli uni verso gli altri in spirito di fratellanza.

Translation

All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood.
(Article 1 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights)

If you have any questions about Italian Cyrillic, you can contact Stefan at: stefan.stanchev1985@gmail.com

Also by Stefan Stanchev
Belarulacinka, Spanish Cyrillic (Еспаӈӥрико)

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