Bǽh-oe-tu

Hainan Romanized Bǽh-oe-tu
Bible in Hainan Romanised (Genesis), published by the Bible Society of Great Britain.
Script type	Latin alphabet (modified)
Creator	Carl C. Jeremiassen
Time period	c. 1890 — ?
Languages	Haikou dialect of Hainanese
Related scripts
Parent systems	Pe̍h-ōe-jī Hainan Romanized

Hainan Romanized, also known as it's local name Bǽh-oe-tu (白話字), is an orthography similar to Pe̍h-oē-jī, and used to write Haikou dialect of the Hainanese language. It was invented by Carl C. Jeremiassen, a Danish pioneer missionary in Fucheng (modern 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

Tones

Tonal types	Tone Marks	Example
陰平 yin ping	none	安天
陽平 yang ping	ˆ	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 (-p/-b/-k/-h)	急七
陽入 yang ru	́ -́p/-́b/-́k/-́h	六十

Sample Text

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See also

• Hainanese Transliteration Scheme (海南话拼音方案)