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Romanization system of the Hainanese language

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Bǽh-oe-tu
The Book of Genesis in Bǽh-oe-tu, published by the Bible Society of Great Britain
Script type	Latin alphabet (modified)
Creator	Carl C. Jeremiassen
Time period	since c. 1890
Languages	Haikou dialect of Hainanese
Related scripts
Parent systems	Pe̍h-ōe-jī Bǽh-oe-tu
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Transliteration of Chinese
Mandarin
Modern Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Gwoyeu Romatzyh Spelling conventions Latinxua Sin Wenz Mandarin Phonetic Symbols II Tongyong Pinyin Wade–Giles Yale romanization Lessing-Othmer Simplified Wade Comparison chart
Late imperial Mandarin Morrison romanization Legge romanization Postal romanization EFEO
Sichuanese Sichuanese Pinyin Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz
Wu
General Wu Romanization of Wu Chinese
Wenzhounese Wenzhounese romanization
Yue
Cantonese Jyutping Yale romanization Guangdong Romanization Hong Kong Government Macau Government Meyer–Wempe Sidney Lau S. L. Wong (phonetic symbols) S. L. Wong (romanization) ILE romanization Standard Romanization Barnett–Chao Comparison chart
Min
Hokkien Pe̍h-ōe-jī Modern Literal Taiwanese Phofsit Daibuun Habhunwe Latinxua Sin Bhundzi Bbánlám pìngyīm Daighi tongiong pingim TLPA Tâi-lô Comparison chart
Teochew Peng'im Pe̍h-ūe-jī
Fuzhounese Foochow Romanized Fuzhou Transliteration Scheme
Northern Min Kienning Colloquial Romanized
Pu-Xian Min Hinghwa Romanized
Hainanese Hainan Romanized (Haikou dialect) Hainanese Transliteration Scheme (Wenchang dialect)
Shao–Jiang Min Romanized Shaowu (Shaowu dialect)
Gan
Chang-Du Pinfa
Hakka
Meixian Pinfa Hagfa Pinyim
Sixian Pha̍k-fa-sṳ TLPA
Xiang
Chang–Yi Pinfa
Polylectal
General Chinese Romanized General Chinese
See also
Other transliterations Character-based General Chinese Cyrillization Xiao'erjing ʼPhags-pa script Bopomofo Taiwanese kana Taiwanese Phonetic Symbols Transcription into Chinese
By place Romanization in Hong Kong Romanization in Singapore Romanization in Taiwan
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Bǽh-oe-tu (abbr. BOT; Chinese: 白話字) is an orthography used to write the Haikou dialect of the Hainanese language. It was invented by Carl C. Jeremiassen, a Danish pioneer missionary in Fucheng (present-day Haikou) in 1881.

Spelling schemes

Consonants

Bǽh-oe-tu	Example	Pronunciation
b	巴敗包	ʔɓ
m	妈母矛	m
f	抛派炮	f
v	我眉馬	v
t	三知聲	t
d	担待豆	ʔɗ
n	拿乃腦	n
l	拉利漏	l
c	正鳥爭	ts
s	差猜抄	s
j	雅也熱	z
k	交官縣	k
g	傲牙俄	ŋ
kh	摳科區	x
h	偷听花	h

Vowels

Bǽh-oe-tu	Example	Pronunciation
a	...	a
ai	...	ai
au	...	au
am	...	am
ag	...	aŋ
ab	...	ap
ak	...	ak
e	...	e
eg	...	eŋ
ek	...	ek
æ	...	ɛ
i	...	i
ia	...	ia
iag	...	iaŋ
io	...	io
iu	...	iu
im	...	im
in	...	in
ib	...	ip
it	...	it
o	...	o
og	...	oŋ
ok	...	ok
o͘	...	ɔ
u	...	u
ui	...	ui
oa	...	ua
oai	...	uai
oag	...	uaŋ
oat	...	uat
oak	...	uak
oe	...	ue
...	...	...
...	...	...
...	...	...
...	...	...
...	...	...

Tones

Tonal types	Tone Marks	Example
陰平 yin ping	none	安天
陽平 yang ping	◌̂	平人
上聲 shang sheng	◌́	古女
陰去 yin qu	◌̀	正變
陽去 yang qu	◌̄	謝厚
陰入 yin ru	none (-b/-t/-k/-h)	急七
陽入 yang ru	◌́ (-b/-t/-k/-h)	六十

Sample texts from Hainanese Bibles

External Links

Gospel of Luke in Hainan Romanized (Bǽh-oe-tu), published in 1916.

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