Hinghwa Romanized

Hinghwa Romanized
Hing-hua̍ báⁿ-uā-ci̍
A sample of Hinghwa Romanized text
Bible in Hinghwa (Xinghua) Romanized (Genesis), published by the British and Foreign Bible Society.
Script type (modified)
CreatorWilliam N. Brewster
Time period
1890 — 1950
LanguagesPutian dialect of the Pu-Xian Min language
Related scripts
Parent systems
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Hinghwa Romanized, also known as Hing-hua̍ báⁿ-uā-ci̍ (興化平話字) or Báⁿ-uā-ci̍ (平話字), is a Latin alphabet of the Putian dialect of Pu-Xian Chinese. It was invented by William N. Brewster (蒲魯士), an American Methodist pioneer missionary in Hinghwa (modern Putian) in 1890.


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