''Bǽh-oe-tu'' (
abbr.
An abbreviation () is a shortened form of a word or phrase, by any method including shortening, contraction, initialism (which includes acronym), or crasis. An abbreviation may be a shortened form of a word, usually ended with a trailing perio ...
BOT; zh, t=白話字) is an orthography used to write the
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. It was invented by
Carl C. Jeremiassen
Carl C. Jeremiassen (Chinese language, Adopted Chinese name: 冶基善, 1847–1901) was a Danish people, Danish sea captain. He is known today as the first Protestant missionary to Hainan island and the translator of portions of the Old and New ...
, a
Danish pioneer missionary in Fucheng (present-day
Haikou
Haikou; Chinese postal romanization, formerly romanized as Hoihow is the capital city, 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. ...
) 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 () is a romanization scheme developed by the Guangdong Provincial Education Department in September 1960 as one of four systems collectively referred to as Guangdong Romanization. The scheme describes the Wench ...
({{lang, zh-Hans-CN, 海南话拼音方案)
External Links
Gospel of Luke in Hainan Romanized (Bǽh-oe-tu) published in 1916.
Hainan Min
Latin-script orthographies
Romanization of Chinese