Hainan Romanized

Hainan Romanized
Bǽh-oe-tu

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

Hainan Romanized, also known as it's local name Bǽh-oe-tu (白話字), is a 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
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