Cyrillization of Polish

The Cyrillization of Polish has been practised in many forms and began in the mid-19th century in the Russian Empire. Between 1772 and 1815, the Russian Empire seized about four fifths of Poland-Lithuania, where Polish was the leading official language. Polish remained the official language of the incorporated Polish-Lithuanian territories until the late 1830s. Later, it was gradually replaced with Russian through the mid-1860s. A middle stage for the transition was the use of the Russian-style Cyrillic for writing Polish.[1]

Russian Cyrillization of Polish

The system of the Cyrillization of Polish, as employed in today's Russia, emerged during the 1970s in the postwar Soviet Union. It is a form of transcription.[2]

New Polish Cyrillic

Since the early 1990s Polish-language religious books produced for Catholics in western Belarus (i.e. Hrodno Diocese have been published in the newly-devised Polish Cyrillic, which is largely based on the Russian form of this alphabet.[3]

Example: Lord's Prayer

In Polish Cyrillic: Ойчэ наш, ктурысь ест в небе, сьвенць се Име Твое, пшыйдзь Крулество Твое, боньдзь воля Твоя, яко в небе так и на земи. Хлеба нашэго повшэднего дай нам дзисяй. И одпусьць нам нашэ вины, яко и мы одпушчамы нашым виновайцом. И не вудзь нас на покушэне, але нас збав одэ злэго. Амэн.[4]

Romanization: Oiche nash, kturys’ est v nebe, s’vents’ se Ime Tvoe, pshyidz’ Krulestvo Tvoe, bon’dz’ volia Tvoia, iako v nebe tak i na zemi. Khleba nashego povshednego dai nam dzisiai. I odpus’ts’ nam nashi viny, iako i my odpushchamy nashym vinovaitsom. I ne vudz’ nas na pokushene, ale nas zbav ode zlego. Amen.

In the Polish Latin alphabet: Ojcze nasz, któryś jest w niebie, święć się Imię Twoje, przyjdź Królestwo Twoje, bądź wola Twoja, jako w niebie tak i na ziemi. Chleba naszego powszedniego daj nam dzisiaj. I odpuść nam nasze winy, jako i my odpuszczamy naszym winowajcom. I nie wódź nas na pokuszenie, ale nas zbaw ode złego. Amen

References
  1. cf А. Ф. Гильфердинга.1871. "Общеславянская азбука с приложением образцов славянских наречий". Санкт-Петербург.
  2. А. 3. Скрипниченко and Н. К. Тарасюк. Инструкция по русской передаче географических названий Польши. Moscow: Nauka.
  3. Tomasz Kamusella. 2019. The New Polish Cyrillic in Independent Belarus (pp 79-112). Colloquia Humanistica. Vol 8.
  4. p 3 in: Крыштопік, Тадэвуш / Kryshtopik, Tadevush [=Krysztopik, Tadeusz]. 2015. Pacierz. Katechizm' [Prayers. Catechism] (4th edition). Гродно Hrodno [=Hrodna]: Гродзенская дыяцэзія Рымска-каталіцкага Касцёла ў Рэспубліцы Беларусь Hrodzienskaja dyjacezija Rymska-katalickaha Kascioła ŭ Respublicy Biełaruś. ISBN 9789856940760.
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