Bǽh-oe-tu

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

Bǽh-oe-tu (abbr. BOT; Chinese: 白話はくわ字じ) 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	巴ともえ敗はい包つつみ	ʔɓ
m	妈母矛ほこ	m
f	抛ほう派は炮	f
v	我わが眉まゆ馬ば	v
t	三知みち聲ごえ	t
d	担待豆まめ	ʔɗ
n	拿乃腦のう	n
l	拉ひしげ利り漏も	l
c	正せい鳥とり爭そう	ts
s	差さ猜抄	s
j	雅也まさや熱ねつ	z
k	交官縣けん	k
g	傲牙俄にわか	ŋ
kh	摳科區く	x
h	偷听花はな	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
陰平かげひら yin ping	none	安あん天たかし
陽平ようへい yang ping	◌̂	平たいら人じん
上聲じょうせい shang sheng	◌́	古こ女おんな
陰かげ去さ yin qu	◌̀	正せい變へん
陽ひ去さ yang qu	◌̄	謝しゃ厚あつ
陰かげ入いれ yin ru	none (-b/-t/-k/-h)	急きゅう七なな
陽ひ入いれ yang ru	◌́ (-b/-t/-k/-h)	六ろく十じゅう

Sample texts from Hainanese Bibles

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See also

• Hainanese Transliteration Scheme (海南かいなん话拼音おん方案ほうあん)

External Links

• Gospel of Luke in Hainan Romanized (Bǽh-oe-tu), published in 1916.