Hainanese Romanized, also known as its local name Bǽh-oe-tu (白話字), is an orthography similar to
Pe̍h-oē-jī, and used to write
Haikou dialect
The Haikou dialect is a topolect of Chinese and a subvariety of Hainanese spoken in Haikou, the capital of the Hainan province and island of China.
Phonology
The Haikou dialect has the following initials:
The finals are:
There are also ...
of the
Hainanese language
Hainanese (Hainan Romanised: ', Hainanese Pinyin: ',), also known as Qióngwén, Heng2 vun2 () or Qióngyǔ, Heng2 yi2 (), is a group of Min Chinese varieties spoken in the southern Chinese island province of Hainan and Overseas Chinese such ...
. It was invented by
Carl C. Jeremiassen, a
Danish
Danish may refer to:
* Something of, from, or related to the country of Denmark
People
* A national or citizen of Denmark, also called a "Dane," see Demographics of Denmark
* Culture of Denmark
* Danish people or Danes, people with a Danish a ...
pioneer missionary in Fucheng (modern
Haikou
Haikou (; ), also spelled as Hoikow is the capital and most populous city of the Chinese province of Hainan. Haikou city is situated on the northern coast of Hainan, by the mouth of the Nandu River. The northern part of the city is on the Ha ...
) in 1881.
Spelling schemes
Consonants
Vowels
Tones
Sample texts from Hainanese Bibles
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See also
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Hainanese Transliteration Scheme
The Hainanese Transliteration Scheme () refers to a romanization scheme published by the Guangdong Provincial Education Department in September 1960 as one of four systems collectively referred to as Guangdong Romanization. The scheme describes t ...
({{lang, zh, 海南话拼音方案)
Hainan Min
Latin-script orthographies
Romanization of Chinese