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Hainan Romanized

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Creator
  
Carl C. Jeremiassen

Time period
  
c. 1890 — ?

Hainan Romanized

Type
  
Latin alphabet (modified)

Languages
  
Haikou dialect of Hainanese

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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Hainan Romanized Wikipedia


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