Francisco de Pina
Francisco de Pina | |
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Francisco de Pina (left) & Alexandre de Rhodes (right), two missionaries that had the great impact on developing the new chữ Quốc ngữ. | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1585 |
| Died | 15 December 1625 (aged 39–40) Da Nang, Vietnam. |
| Nationality | Portugal |
| Denomination | Roman Catholicism |
Francisco de Pina (Portuguese pronunciation: [fɾɐ̃ˈsiʃku ðɨ ˈpinɐ]; 1585 – 1625) was a Portuguese Jesuit interpreter, missionary and priest, credited with creating the first Latinized script of the Vietnamese language, which the modern Vietnamese alphabet is based on.