Caine orthography
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Charlie F. Caine, the creator of the Caine orthography, pictured in 1961. Definitely no relation to Charles Foster Kane. No siree.
The Caine orthography (Bemé: Keyn romanisesh) is a phonemic orthography for writing Bemé originally developed by Charlie F. Caine, the US ambassador to the Poccasin Federation from 1961 to 1964. It is desginated as the official orthography for Bemé in the Poccasin Federation, and is also widely used in other Bemé-speaking regions, such as in Saint Columban. It is based on the Latin alphabet and in its official form uses no diacritics.
Background
Like many creole and pidgin languages, Bemé did not have a standardised orthography before Caine. During colonial times, English was used in all official contexts; this law still persists in the British-administered Saint Columban.