Karelian cyrillic
Hello!
I’ve been experimenting with a hypothetical modern Cyrillic orthography for Karelian and Veps languages.
Historically, Karelian briefly used Cyrillic in the USSR in the late 1930s, but that orthography was inconsistent and disappeared quickly. Today both languages use Latin script.
I wanted to create an alternative version that:
- preserves Karelian/Veps phonology
- avoids excessive Russification
- remains readable for Cyrillic users
- works for all major Karelian varieties (Proper Karelian, Livvi, Ludic) + Veps
the cyrillic alphabet
А а
Б б
В в
Г г
Д д
Е е
Ж ж
З з
И и
Ј ј
К к
Л л
М м
Н н
О о
П п
Р р
С с
Т т
У у
Ф ф
Х х
Ц ц
Ч ч
Ш ш
Ь ь
Additional vowels:
Ӓ ӓ
Ӧ ӧ
Ӱ ӱ
Additional Russian letters (loanwords only):
Ё ё
Ы ы
Э э
Ю ю
Я я
Щ щ
Ъ ъ
diphtongs:
ai → ај
oi → ој
ei → еј
ui → уј
äi → ӓј
öi → ӧј
yi → ӱј
ie → ие
uo → уо
yö → ӱӧ
Example:
Petrozavodsk is the capital of the Republic of Karelia
Петрозаводск - столица Республики Карелия
→
Petroskoi on Karjalan tazavallan piälinnu
Петроској он Карјалан тазаваллан пиӓлинну