- The ScriptSource Cyrillic Romanization Table (https://scriptsource.org/cms/scripts/page.php?item_id=entry_detail&uid=tk6f3uxlzf) shows Ю̄ ю̄ being romanized with Û̄ û̄ in ISO 9:1995/Gost 7.79A. This looks like a mistake. While supposedly equivalent, ISO 9:1995 somehow shows Ůů and GOST 7.79A shows Ū̂ū̂. While Û̄ û̄ sort of makes sense, because Ю ю are romanized with Û û, the table should shows the same romanizations as ISO 9:1995 and GOST 7.79A.
ISO 9:1995
GOST 7.79A-2000
- It’s not clear that the letters with descenders (straight, hooked to the left, hooked to the right, or loopy) shown ISO9:1995 Table 3 are represented by the adequate characters.
For example Ӊ ӊ are used in the table for ISO 9:1995 Table 3 letter 52 romanized with Ṇ ṇ but ӊ is only used in Kildin Sami, but ISO 9:1995 doesn’t show Kildin Sami ӆ ӎ ҏ (nor their old straight descender or left hook variants).
Letter 54 in that ISO 9:1995 Table 3, Ԋԋ romanized as Ǹ ǹ in ScriptSource, is also problematic as other Molotov letters are not shown in the standard beside letter 75, with a left hook, identified as Ԏ ԏ in ScriptSource.
They seem both (letter 52 and 54) to be typographical variants of letter 56, Ӈ ӈ romanized as Ň ň. Technically 51 Ң ң = Ņņ is also a variant but separate in Unicode, although Kildin Sami uses two letters ӈ and ӊ distinctively.
Similary, letters 39 Ӄ ӄ = Ḳ ḳ and 44 К̨ к̨ = K̀ k̀ are typographical variants. Technically 43 Қ қ = Ķ ķ is just as well, but it’s separate in Unicode.
I guess there’s no easy way to solve this one, ISO 9:1995 and GOST 7.79A use graphical distinctions of the same letters and transliterate those separately.
One possible solution would be to have:
- letters 51 with straight descender, 54 with right hook map to ң
- letters 52 with left hook and 56 with loop map to ӈ
- letters 43 with straight descender and 44 with right hook map to қ
- letters 75 with left hook and 77 with straight descender map to ҭ
with font stylistic sets or images showing the graphic distinction shown in both standards.
ISO 9:1995
GOST 7.79A-2000
