The Hainanese Transliteration Scheme () is a romanization scheme developed by the Guangdong Provincial Education Department in September 1960 as one of four systems collectively referred to as Guangdong Romanization. The scheme describes the Wenchang dialect spoken in Wenchang, Hainan which is considered to be the prestige dialect of Hainanese. At the time of the scheme's creation, Hainan was part of Guangdong, until it was separated to form its own province in 1988. This system utilises the Latin alphabet with superscript numbers to represent tone.
System Letters This system uses the Latin alphabet, excluding the letters , , , , , , , and .
Initials LetterExampleIPA b 波 /ɓ/ p 坡 /f/ m 摩 /m/ v 无 /b/ d 装 /t/ dd 刀 /ɗ/ n 挪 /n/ l 罗 /l/ g 哥 /k/ gh 吳 /g/ ng 俄 /ŋ/ h 可 /h/ hh 号 /ɦ/ z 支 /ts/ s 妻 /s/ y 余 /dz/
Finals Letter(s)ExampleIPAi 医i u 呜 ua 亚aia 也iaua 换uao哦oio喲ioe 下e ue 话ueai哀aiuai 坏uaioi 鞋oiui貴uiao喉auiao妖iauou烏ouiu柚iuam暗amiam 厌iamim ⾳iman安anuan弯uanin烟inun温unang红aŋiang央iaŋuang汪uaŋeng英eŋong翁oŋiong匈ioŋab盒apiab协iapib邑iopad遏atuad挖uatid乙itud核utag鹤akiag菊iakuag廓uakeg益okog喔okiog育iok
Tones Source: Tone class陰平陽平上聲陰去陽去陰入陰入陽入Tone number12345678Example诗di1时di2死di3四di4是di5视di6失did7实did8Tone contour˨˦ (24)˨˩ (21)˨˩˩ (211)˧˥ (35)˧ (33)˥ (5)˧ (3)˥ (55)
See also Guangdong romanization Hainanese
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