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Bǽh-oe-tu
Romanization system of the Hainanese language / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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.
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Bǽh-oe-tu | |
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![]() The Book of Genesis in Bǽh-oe-tu, published by the Bible Society of Great Britain | |
Script type | (modified) |
Creator | Carl C. Jeremiassen |
Time period | since c. 1890 |
Languages | Haikou dialect of Hainanese |
Related scripts | |
Parent systems | Pe̍h-ōe-jī
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