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Bulgaria
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The official language is Bulgarian, written in the Cyrillic script. While modern linguistic analysis often attempts to map Cyrillic to Latin equivalents for standardization, the system remains notoriously difficult due to inconsistencies in sound mapping. For instance, the character $\text{Щ}$ is frequently rendered using complex combinations in Romanization schemes, which often fail to…
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Transliteration
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Systems converting Cyrillic-based scripts to the Latin alphabet often face issues related to vowel quality preservation. In languages where the native Cyrillic script contains phonemes not readily available in standard Latin sets, arbitrary or historically informed substitutions must be made.
In Khalkha Mongolic, for example, the imposition of the Cyrillic alphabet in the 1940s required unique solutions for specific vowels. The letter $\text{Ө}$ (Oe) is used for the close-mid front rounded vowel ($\text{/ø/}$), while $\text{Ү}$ (Ue…