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This serves as a general guide to romanizing lyrics in non-Latin based scripts. In general, the usual rules for romanizing a language should be followed. When there are multiple romanization schemes or ambiguities may arise, the language should be listed below. When the language is not listed, please try to come to consensus at the talk page. If you disagree with the rules for a language set out below, please use the Discuss here link provided at the top of the list to start a discussion. Please do not change the rules without discussing them first, this will lead to confusion.

Contents 1 Romanization rules for Greek 1.1 Important Notice 1.2 Alphabet Table 1.3 Gamma (Γγ) Table 1.4 Double Vowel Table 1.5 Diphthong Table 1.6 Additional Guidelines 2 Romanization rules for Japanese 2.1 Hiragana/Katakana Table 2.2 Particles 2.3 Additional Guidelines 3 Romanization rules for Russian 3.1 Cyrillic Table 4 Romanization rules for Ukrainian 4.1 Cyrillic Table

Romanization rules for Greek

Important Notice

This is the very first draft for romanizing Greek songs, so it should NOT be adhered to before it's practicality has been discussed here! This notice will be removed at that point. For more information on this subject, please also see this Wikipedia article, though keep in mind that some romanizations might be inappropriate for someone with no prior knowledge of the Greek Language.

Alphabet Table

Αα a	Ββ b	Γγ g	Δδ d
Εε e	Ζζ z	Ηη i	Θθ th
Ιι i	Κκ k	Λλ l	Μμ m
Νν n	Ξξ x	Οο o	Ππ p
Ρρ r	Σσς s	Ττ t	Υυ i
Φφ f	Χχ h	Ψψ ps	Ωω o

Gamma (Γγ) Table

γα ga
γι yi	γη yi	γυ yi	γοι yi
γε ye	γαι ye
γου wu

Double Vowel Table

αι e	αυ af/av
ει i	ευ ef/ev
οι i	ου u
υι i
ηυ if/iv

Diphthong Table

γγ ng/gg	γκ ng/gg	γξ nx	γχ nh
μπ mb/bb	ντ nd/bb
τσ ts	τζ tz/ntz
σμ zm

Additional Guidelines

• Double vowels separated with diairesis (διαλυτικά) should be written normally as independant vowels. (e.g. παιδί=pedi, παΐδι=paidi)
• Gamma (Γγ) should be romanized as "g" only when followed by another consonant. (e.g. γράφω=grafo)
• Double Gamma (γγ) and Gamma-Kappa (γκ) should be allowed some flexibility since their pronunciation can vary greatly according to the phthong following it. Select the pronunciation that sounds more natural (if possible the one used by the singer himself) (e.g. φεγγάρι=feggari, άγγελος=angelos). The same goes for μπ and ντ.

Exception: Συγγνώμη　should be romanized as signomi.

• Do not use j for τζ as the english j is too voiced to represent the actual greek sound.

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Romanization rules for Japanese

Hiragana and kanji should be all lower case. This includes the first letter of each line. Katakana should be written in all upper case.

Hiragana/Katakana Table

あア a	いイ i	うウ u	えエ e	おオ o
かカ ka	きキ ki	くク ku	けケ ke	こコ ko
さサ sa	しシ shi	すス su	せセ se	そソ so
たタ ta	ちチ chi	つツ tsu	てテ te	とト to
なナ na	にニ ni	ぬヌ nu	ねネ ne	のノ no
はハ ha	ひヒ hi	ふフ fu	へヘ he	ほホ ho
まマ ma	みミ mi	むム mu	めメ me	もモ mo
やヤ ya		ゆユ yu		よヨ yo
らラ　ra	りり ri	るル ru	れレ re	ろロ ro
わワ wa				をヲ wo
んン n

Particles

• へ should be written as e
• は should be written as wa

Additional Guidelines

• っ should be written as a double constant: 走って(hashitte)
• ん should be written as n except when it is followed by a vowel, in which case it should be written as n'. Also ん should written as m if followed by m, b or p (e.g 乾杯 [かんぱい] kampai).
• Compound verbs should be written as a single word, 走り続ける(hashiritsudzukeru), instead of breaking it apart at the kanji, (hashiri tsudzukeru)
• Contractions should be written with an apostrophe (') indicating where sounds have been left out: 走ってる(hashitte'ru)
• あぁ should be romanized as 'aa'.
• っ at the end of a word (and usually also the end of the sentance) should not be included in the romanization.

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Romanization rules for Russian

For more information on this subject, please see this Wikipedia article.

Cyrillic Table

А а - a	Б б - b	В в - v	Г г - g	Д д - d
Е е - e	Ё ё - ë	Ж ж - zh	З з - z	И и - i
Й й - j	К к - k	Л л - l	М м - m	Н н - n
О о - o	П п - p	Р р - r	С с - s	Т т - t
У у - u	Ф ф - f	Х х - x	Ц ц - c	Ч ч - ch
Ш ш - sh	Щ щ - shch	Ъ ъ - ʺ	Ы ы - y
Ь ь - ʹ	Э э - è	Ю ю - ju	Я я - ya

Romanization rules for Ukrainian

For more information on this subject, please see this Wikipedia article.

Cyrillic Table

А а - a	Б б - b	В в - v	Г г - h	Ґ ґ - g
Д д - d	Е е - e	Є є - ye	Ж ж - zh	З з - z
И и - y/i	І і - i	Ї ї - i	Й й - y	К к - k
Л л - l	М м - m	Н н - n	О о - o	П п - p
Р р - r	С с - s	Т т - t	У у - u	Ф ф - f
Х х - ch	Ц ц - ts	Ч ч - ch	Ш ш - sh	Щ щ - shch
Ю ю - yu	Я я - ya	Ь ь - ′