Rules
Volapuk often replaces Cyrillic letters with Latin ones in order to look the same or at least similar as typed or handwritten Cyrillic letters.
- Replace "the same" letters: a, e, K, M, T, o. Capitalize when necessary for closer resemblance (к: K better than k, м: M better than m, т: T better than t (which looks exactly like 'm' in handwritten Cyrillic)).
- Replace similar-looking letters: в – B, г – r (handwritten resemblance), з – 3, л – J| or /\ (the last is again handwritten resemblance), н – Н, п – n (handwritten resemblance), р – p, с – c, у – y, х – x, ч – 4. This may vary.
- Replace all other non-obvious hard-to-represent characters; there are many options for each letter. (For example, letter 'щ' can be encoded in more than 15 different ways). Examples: ж – *, я – 91, щ – LLI_, э – -) and so on. The choice for each letter depends on the preferences of the individual user.
As some numeric digits are used to represent Cyrillic letters, the result may resemble leetspeak.
Encoding depends on the language as well. For example, Ukrainian users have their own traditions, distinct from the Russian ones.
Read more about this topic: Volapuk Encoding
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