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Brazil: Portugal ratifies Portuguese language agreement

Monday, July 21st, 2008 @ 21:02 UTC

by Paula Góes

Countries:: Brazil, Portugal
Topics:: International Relations, Language
Languages:: Portuguese

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Portugal's President Anibal Cavaco Silva has ratified the agreement to standardise the Portuguese language and its spelling in a move to make the language, spoken in 8 countries, more uniform globally. O Hermenauta [pt] has written a round up of reactions from both sides of the ocean and concludes the agreement is still a disagreement.

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