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.

Bǽh-oe-tu
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
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