Social:Bǽh-oe-tu

Short description: Romanization system of the Hainanese language

Bǽh-oe-tu
The Book of Genesis in Bǽh-oe-tu, published by the Bible Society of Great Britain
Type	Latin alphabet (modified)
Languages	Haikou dialect of Hainanese
Creator	Carl C. Jeremiassen
Time period	since c. 1890
Parent systems	Pe̍h-ōe-jī Bǽh-oe-tu

Bǽh-oe-tu (abbr. BOT; Chinese: 白話字) is an orthography used to write the Haikou dialect of the Hainanese language. It was invented by Carl C. Jeremiassen, a Danish pioneer missionary in Fucheng (present-day 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

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)