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Que Dia É Hoje?

What Day Is Today?

Happy World Day of the Portuguese Language!

📚 In 2009, the Community of Portuguese Speaking Countries defined May 5 as the World Day of the Portuguese Language, and on 2019 the date was recognized by Unesco.

The first celebration took place in 2020.

Portuguese is the official language in 9 countries and in Macau 🇲🇴:
Portugal 🇵🇹
Brazil 🇧🇷
Angola 🇦🇴
Cape Verde 🇨🇻
Guiné-Bissau 🇬🇼
Guiné Equatorial 🇬🇶
Moçambique 🇲🇿
São Tomé e Príncipe 🇸🇹
Timor-Leste 🇹🇱

The Portuguese language has two international variants:

🌍 In 2012, Portugal adopted the 1990 Orthographic Agreement, and the language now has a single orthography, common to all countries.

More than 250 million people speak Portuguese.
5th most spoken language in the world
Most spoken language in the southern hemisphere.
3rd most spoken language in the western hemisphere.
3rd most spoken language on the internet

The Portuguese language represents many different cultures. And within each country, there are many dialects and even sub-dialects. From country to country, it presents many variations in pronunciation, vocabulary and even grammar! However, Portuguese is also what unites us all.

  • 00:00:00Vamos perguntar às pessoas se sabem que dia é hoje.
  • 00:00:03E vamos ver quantas pessoas sabem o que significa "o Dia Mundial da Língua Portuguesa”.
  • 00:00:09Sabe que dia é hoje?
  • 00:00:10Desculpe.
  • 00:00:11Sabe que dia é hoje?
  • 00:00:12Olá!
  • 00:00:14Olá!
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