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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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BBC journalist Nguyễn Giang noted that while the early Christian missionaries are credited with creating the Vietnamese alphabet, what they did was not unique or difficult and would have been done later without them had they not created it.
Nguyễn Khắc-Kham. Chữ nôm (Chữ 'script,' and nôm < nam 'south, Vietnamese') is the name given by the Vietnamese to one of their two former systems of writing created by the modification of the Chinese characters.
Dec 17, 2023 · By i Tour Vietnam. December 17, 2023. Many people believe that Alexandre de Rhodes, a French Jesuit missionary, invented the Vietnamese alphabet. However, more recent research proved that Francisco de Pina, a Portuguese priest and minister, was the first inventor of the Vietnamese alphabet.
The Vietnamese alphabet created by Portuguese Jesuit missionaries, with the earliest known usage occurring in the 17th century, replaced chữ Nôm as the preferred way to record Vietnamese literature from the 1920s.
It uses the Latin script based on Romance languages originally developed by Portuguese missionary Francisco de Pina (1585–1625). Quick Facts Vietnamese alphabet chữ Quốc ngữ, Script type ... Close. The Vietnamese alphabet contains 29 letters, including seven letters using four diacritics: ă , â , ê , ô , ơ , ư , and đ .