Francisco de Pina | |
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Personal details | |
Born | 1585 |
Died | 15 December 1625 Da Nang, Vietnam. | (aged 39–40)
Nationality | Portugal |
Denomination | Roman Catholicism |
Francisco de Pina (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.