Hainan Romanized

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 of the Hainanese language. It was invented by Carl C. Jeremiassen, a Danish pioneer missionary in Fucheng (modern Haikou) in 1881.

Hainanese Romanized Bǽh-oe-tu
Bible in Hainanese 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 Hainanese Romanized

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

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See also

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