Bǽh-oe-tu
A sample of Bǽh-oe-tu text, from a translation of the Book of Genesis
The Book of Genesis in Bǽh-oe-tu, published by the Bible Society of Great Britain
Script type (modified)
CreatorCarl C. Jeremiassen
Time period
since c. 1890
LanguagesHaikou dialect of Hainanese
Related scripts
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-tuExamplePronunciation
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-tuExamplePronunciation
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
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Tones

Tonal typesTone MarksExample
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

See also

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