Editing Polivanov system (section)

{{Short description|System of transcription of the Japanese language into Russian Cyrillic script}}
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'''Polivanov system''' is a system of [[transliteration|transliterating]] the Japanese language into [[Russian alphabet|Russian Cyrillic script]], either to represent Japanese proper names or terms in Russian or as an aid to Japanese language learning in {{vague|text=those languages.|reason=No antecedent: which languages?|date=October 2024}} The system was developed by [[Yevgeny Polivanov]] in 1917.

In terms of spelling the system is a middle ground between Kunrei-shiki and Hepburn romanisations, matching the former everywhere except for morae ''hu'' and ''tu'', which are spelled as in Hepburn (''fu'' and ''tsu''), moras starting with z (which are spelled with dz, as in archaic Hepburn, but following the consistency of Kunrei-shiki with Jun being spelled as Dzyun) and syllabic n, which is changed to ''m'' before b, p and m as in traditional Hepburn.

The following [[cyrillization]] system for Japanese is known as the [[Yevgeny Polivanov]] system. Note that it has its own spelling conventions and does not necessarily constitute a direct phonetic transcription of the pronunciation into the standard Russian usage of the Cyrillic alphabet.