Tricky cases when converting to the new Uzbek alphabet
Swapping sh for ş letter by letter goes wrong in more places than you would think. These are the cases Alfavit handles, each shown with what the converter outputs today.
When sh is s + h
In Ishoq, mushaf and a few other listed words, s and h are two sounds. Alfavit keeps them apart, with or without the apostrophe, and with any ending.
| You type | Alfavit gives |
|---|---|
| Ishoq | Ishoq |
| Is'hoq | Ishoq |
| Mushafni | Mushafni |
Every kind of apostrophe
People type oʻ and gʻ with a straight quote, a curly quote, a backtick or the proper sign. Alfavit reads them all.
| You type | Alfavit gives |
|---|---|
| o'zbek | özbek |
| o’zbek | özbek |
| o‘zbek | özbek |
| o`zbek | özbek |
| g'oya | ğoya |
The tutuq belgisi
The glottal-stop sign — Cyrillic ъ, or an apostrophe in the old Latin — becomes the new alphabet’s single sign ʼ.
| You type | Alfavit gives |
|---|---|
| маъно | maʼno |
| санъат | sanʼat |
| ma'no | maʼno |
ng stays ng
ng no longer counts as a separate letter, but it is still written n + g.
| You type | Alfavit gives |
|---|---|
| ming | ming |
| tong | tong |
| dengiz | dengiz |
Capitals
A capital stays a capital: both SH and Sh become Ş.
| You type | Alfavit gives |
|---|---|
| SHAHAR | ŞAHAR |
| Shahar | Şahar |
| O‘ZBEKISTON | ÖZBEKISTON |
| CHOY | ÇOY |
| ЁШЛАР | YOŞLAR |
Cyrillic and Latin in one text
Alfavit converts each part from its own script, so pasted text that mixes both comes out right.
| You type | Alfavit gives |
|---|---|
| Тошкент va Samarqand | Toşkent va Samarqand |
Cyrillic е: ye or e
Alfavit writes е as ye at the start of a word and after a vowel, and as e after a consonant.
| You type | Alfavit gives |
|---|---|
| ер | yer |
| телефон | telefon |
| ҳеч | heç |
| поезд | poyezd |
| Европа | Yevropa |
Cyrillic ц
ц becomes s, as in sirk and milisiya; the API marks c as the alternative for loanwords.
| You type | Alfavit gives |
|---|---|
| цирк | sirk |
| милиция | milisiya |
Web addresses, emails and @handles
They are left exactly as typed, so links keep working.
| You type | Alfavit gives |
|---|---|
| www.shahar.uz | www.shahar.uz |
| [email protected] | [email protected] |
| @shahar_news | @shahar_news |
Foreign words
Words Uzbek Latin cannot spell, such as Washington, are left as written; an Uzbek ending after them still converts.
| You type | Alfavit gives |
|---|---|
| Washington | Washington |
| Facebook’da | Facebookʼda |