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- Quoc-ngu was devised in the mid 17th century by Portuguese missionaries who modified the Roman alphabet with accents and signs to suit the particular consonants, vowels, and tones of Vietnamese. It was further modified by a French missionary, Alexandre de Rhodes.
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The Vietnamese alphabet (Vietnamese: chữ Quốc ngữ, lit. 'script of the National language', IPA: [t͡ɕɨ˦ˀ˥ kuək̚˧˦ ŋɨ˦ˀ˥]) is the modern writing script for Vietnamese. It uses the Latin script based on Romance languages originally developed by Portuguese missionary Francisco de Pina (1585–1625).
Quoc-ngu was devised in the mid 17th century by Portuguese missionaries who modified the Roman alphabet with accents and signs to suit the particular consonants, vowels, and tones of Vietnamese. It was further modified by a French missionary, Alexandre de Rhodes .
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Vietnamese in Latin script, called Chữ Quốc ngữ, is the currently-used script. It was first developed by Portuguese missionaries in the 17th century, based on the pronunciation of Portuguese language and alphabet .
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Vietnamese (Vietnamese: tiếng Việt) is an Austroasiatic language spoken primarily in Vietnam where it is the national and official language. Vietnamese is spoken natively by around 85 million people, [1] several times as many as the rest of the Austroasiatic family combined. [5]
Jan 24, 2024 · In 1615, two priests, Francesco Buzomi and Diego Carvalho, established the first Catholic community in Hoi An. By the 1630s, Alexandre de Rhodes, an Avignon missionary, and the Portuguese...
Alexandre Rhodes and Nguyen Van Vinh. Alexandre de Rhodes (1591 - 1660) Nguyen Van Vinh (1882 - 1936) Chinese letters were used in Vietnam for a thousand-year period until the begining of 20th century.
