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Hainan Romanised

Hainan Romanized
Bǽh-oe-tu
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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 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.


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