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Portuguese ( português&_160; (help·info) or língua portuguesa) is a Romance language that originated in what is now Galicia (Spain) and northern Portugal from the Latin spoken by romanized Pre-Roman peoples of the Iberian Peninsula (namely the Gallaeci, the Lusitanians, the Celtici and the Conii) about 2000 years ago. It spread worldwide in the 15th and 16th centuries as Portugal established a colonial and commercial empire (1415–1999) which spanned from Brazil in the Americas to Goa in India and Macau in China, in fact it was used exclusively on the island of Sri Lanka(Ceylon) as the lingua franca for almost 350 years. During that time, many creole languages based on Portuguese also appeared around the world, especially in Africa, Asia, and the Caribbean. Today it is one of the world's major languages, ranked 6th according to number of native speakers (approximately 250 million). It is the language with the largest number of speakers in South America, spoken by nearly all of Brazil's approximately 186 million population[2] , which amounts to over 51% of the continent's population even though it is the only Portuguese-speaking nation in the Americas. It is also a major lingua franca in Portugal's former colonial possessions in Africa. It is the official language of ten countries (see the table on the right), also being co-official with Spanish and French in Equatorial Guinea, with Cantonese Chinese in the Chinese special administrative region of Macau, and with Tetum in East Timor. There exist sizable communities of Portuguese-speakers in various regions of North America, notably in the United States (New Jersey and New England) and in Ontario, Canada. Today, Portuguese is the official language of Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, Guinea-Bissau, Portugal, São Tomé and Príncipe and Mozambique.[3] It is also one of the official languages of Equatorial Guinea (with Spanish and French), the Chinese special administrative region of Macau (with Chinese), and East Timor, (with Tetum). It is a native language of most of the population in Portugal (100%), Brazil (100%), Angola (60%), and São Tomé and Príncipe (50%), and it is spoken by a plurality of the population of Mozambique (40%), though only 6.5% are native speakers. No data is available for Cape Verde, but almost all the population is bilingual, and the monolingual population speaks Cape Verdean Creole.[4] Small Portuguese-speaking communities subsist in former overseas colonies of Portugal such as Macau, where it is spoken as a first language by 0.6% of the population[5] and East Timor.
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1. Neobux a free world wide service
August 15, 2008
Neobux is a free worldwide service that is available in both English and Portuguese language. The service is available for both advertisers and potential customers wherein advertisers can reach thousands of potential customers by simply displaying their advertisements on the site and at the same time users can earn money by simply viewing those advertisements. The user would simply click on the advertiser’s ad and view it for the amount of time specified by the advertiser. After the user views the ad for the specified time, the user gets credited with the pre-determined amount of cash on their... (read more)
Author: lalit sharma
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2. Before You Start Learning To Read and Write Spanish
August 12, 2008
Before you start learning any language other than your mother tongue, the first question is the need of learning that language. More than 500million people in the world speak Spanish, thus making it nearly compulsory. It is spoken in 21 countries. Spanish is the second most important language in the USA, only next to English. Fluency at Spanish can make you understand enough of French, Portuguese and Italian. Reading and writing any language is preceded by knowing the pronunciation and spelling of the words, meaning of the words, grammar and speaking practice. All these things are subje... (read more)
Author: jessica thomson
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3. The Life Story of Shakira
July 24, 2008
Shakira Isabel Mebarak Ripoll was born in Barranquilla, Columbia on 2nd February, 1977. In Arabic, Shakira means “thankful”. Her father was an American of Lebanese Italian descent and her mother was Colombian of Spanish-Italian descent. Even though she speaks her native language, Spanish, she is also fluent in English, Portuguese, Italian and Arabic.
When Shakira was four years old, she wrote her first poem and since then never looked back. After her brother was killed in a tragic motorcycle accident, she wrote her first song, ‘Tus gafas oscuras’ (Your dark glasses). She got this ins... (read more)
Author: Juliet Monkish
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4. Apple iPhone 3G unlocked already
July 24, 2008
http://www.1topsupplier.com/buy-video/ A group from Brazil has managed to unlock Apple's iPhone 3G handset just days after its release. The unlocked iPhone is displayed and demonstrated in an online video on a Portuguese-language news blog. An unlocked iPhone can be used with any Sim card and service provider. IPhone user Bruno MacMasi said in an interview with Gizmodo that the unlocking process involved modifying the Sim hardware so that the International Mobile Subscriber Identity can be overwritten and removed from the original network. A similar process was used to unlock the original... (read more)
Author: too too2
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5. Freelance Portuguese And Spanish Translator
May 29, 2008
Learning Spanish: Spanish As A Second National Language
Learning Spanish Language Then I asked her to walk back through the door and into the living room. Modern technology can help us all in this process. When you watch the movies there are often subtitles. The trend isn't without controversy as English-only proponents say it slows the assimilation of immigrants from Mexico and elsewhere. Verbs in Spanish are conjugated very differently than in English. In English, we have the name or pronoun followed by the verb tense, which is then followed by the verb. However, in Spanish, these t... (read more)
Author: John Brenner
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6. Are Portuguese Water Dogs Hypoallergenic?
May 05, 2008
Portuguese Water Dogs have short hair that does not shed and is considered a working dog, meaning that it is a breed that needs to stay busy. This breed is considered a hypoallergenic dog. Traditionally used to assist in fishing expeditions, the Portuguese Water Dog is now kept as a house pet. While this breed is not as common as other breeds, if you want to dog that is hypoallergenic, lively, and enjoys companionship, then this breed may be the one for you.
Since the Portuguese Water Dog is not bred as often as other breeds of hypoallergenic dog, you will have to search for a breeder on... (read more)
Author: Jenny Styles
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7. The DISH Network International Channels Guide
March 03, 2008
DISH Network has more foreign language channels than either DIRECTV or any of the cable TV companies. Here's a guide to DISH Network International channels.
DISH Network International Channels
DISH Network offers 135 international channels with satellite TV programs and music broadcast in 20 languages - Arabic, Armenian, Chinese, Filipino, German, Greek, Israeli, Italian, Korean, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Ukrainian, Urdu, and Vietnamese.
The most popular international channels include:
Arabic (15 channels) - Mini-series, dramas, news, sports, the latest movies, ... (read more)
Author: Brian Stevens
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8. English Proverbs With Spanish Equivalents
February 29, 2008
Learning Spanish: Spanish Basic Language Program
Biome In Spanish Language Imagine the despair the frustration and the emptiness. Modern technology can help us all in this process. You will have a clear understanding of the story and of the way the words are used to tell it. Think of it this way. Did you know that Spanish is one of the easiest languages to learn? This is because Spanish is pronounced almost phonetically making it easy to sound out the words. It's also similar to other languages such as Portuguese and Italian. Once you master one language, the others won't be far behin... (read more)
Author: John Brenner
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9. The Wide Array Of Real Estate Options in Fort Lauderdale, Florida
February 25, 2008
The city of Fort Lauderdale, located in Broward County, has a recorded population of around 173,000, as well as population density of around 4, 800 per square mile in an area that totals 36 square miles.
English is the predominant language in the city, followed by Spanish, French Creole, French and Portuguese. The city's real estate has doubled in value in recent years, with the median home value closing at $400,000, and the median home age is 38 years.
This city is famous for being considered the 'Venice of America', with the Atlantic Ocean and an elaborate network of canals, waterw... (read more)
Author: Vanessa Doctor
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10. French/English Translation: The Common History of Two Languages
February 22, 2008
Along with most of the other languages of Western Europe, both French and English are daughter languages of proto-Indo-European. French is a Romance language, derived from proto-Italic via Latin (like Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Romanian, and Catalan); English is a Teutonic language, derived from proto-Germanic via West Germanic (like Dutch, German, and Yiddish). French/English translation is made more interesting by the complicated history of English and the part French plays in this history, though the two languages are long-since separated on the Indo-European family tree. English is... (read more)
Author: Armando Riquier
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11. Hindi - the third most widely-spoken language in the world
December 29, 2007
Hindi is the third most widely-spoken language in the world .Near about 500-600 million people speak this language. A direct descendant of Sanskrit through Prakrit and Apabhramsha, Hindi belongs to the Indo-Aryan group of languages, a subset of the Indo-European family. It has been influenced and enriched by Persian, Turkish, Farsi, Arabic, Portuguese, and English. Hindi is very much similar with Urdu, while Urdu is the official language of Pakistan, and is closely related to Bengali, Punjabi and Gujrati. A good knowledge of Hindi is therefore likely to be useful to anyone having an interest i... (read more)
Author: ravindra singh
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