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	Community of Portuguese Language Countries - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Community of Portuguese Language Countries (Portuguese: Comunidade dos Países de Língua Portuguesa or CPLP) is a multilateral forum for mutual friendship between the lusophone nations across the world where Portuguese is an official language.
		The CPLP was formed in 1996 with seven countries: Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, Guinea-Bissau, Mozambique, Portugal and São Tomé and Príncipe.
		Africanidade The African countries of the CPLP (in Portuguese)
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Community_of_Portuguese_Language_Countries (1139 words)

	Portuguese language - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		It is the official language of Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, Guinea-Bissau, Mozambique, Portugal and São Tomé and Príncipe, and co-official with Chinese in the Chinese S.A.R. of Macau and Tetum in East Timor.
		Portuguese is with Spanish the fastest growing western language, and, following estimates by UNESCO it is the language with the higher potentiality of growth as an international communication language in Africa (south) and South America.
		The closest language to Portuguese is Galician, spoken in the autonomous community of Galicia (northwestern Spain).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Portuguese_language (4179 words)

	Portuguese language - Biocrawler (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		Portuguese (português) is a Romance language predominantly spoken in Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, East Timor, Guinea Bissau, Macau (China), Mozambique, Portugal, and São Tomé and Príncipe.
		From 711, with the Moorish invasion of the Peninsula, Arabic was adopted as the administrative language in the conquered regions.
		Portuguese Creoles are the mother tongue of Cape Verde and Guinea-Bissau's population.
	www.biocrawler.com /encyclopedia/Portuguese_language (4524 words)

	Mozambique - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
		It is a member of the Community of Portuguese Language Countries and the Commonwealth of Nations.
		By the early 20th century the Portuguese had shifted the administration of much of Mozambique to large private companies, controlled and financed mostly by the British, which established railroad lines to neighboring countries and supplied cheap--often forced--African labor to the mines and plantations of the nearby British colonies and South Africa.
		Portuguese is constantly the official and most widely spoken language of the nation, because the Bantus speak several different languages (most widely used of these is Swahili).
	www.arikah.net /encyclopedia/Mozambique (3209 words)

	Portuguese
		Portuguese belongs to the Romance branch of the Indo-European language family.
		It is spoken in Portugal, Brazil, and in the Portuguese colonial and formerly colonial territories of Angola, Mozambique, Cape Verde, São Tome e Principe, Goa, Macau, and East Timor.
		Portuguese spread worldwide in the 15th and 16th centuries as Portugal created a far-reaching colonial and commercial empire, spanning from Brazil in the Americas to Macau in China.
	www.nvtc.gov /lotw/months/january/Portuguese.html (1023 words)

	Nations where Portuguese is spoken
		The purpose of this community is to increase cooperation and cultural exchanges among the member countries, to create a uniform Portuguese standard and to spread the language.
		In the vast noncontiguous areas of the world where Portuguese is spoken there are differences and variations in the pronunciation, grammar and vocabulary (this is the case with every living language).
		The dialects spoken in the archipelagos of the Azores and Madeira represent an extension of the mainland Portuguese dialects.
	bama.ua.edu /~clc/portuguese/portuguese_language_info.htm (1265 words)

	Portuguese Language Studies (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		Portuguese is the sixth most spoken language in the world.
		Four years ago the Department of Romance Languages and Literature sand the DRCLAS began a partnership to increase Portuguese language instruction and support the development of new courses in Brazilian culture, history, and literature.
		The Portuguese literature courses are led by Professor Joaquim-Francisco Coelho, Nancy Clark, Smith, Professor of the Languages and Literatures of Portugal, and Professor of Comparative Literature.
	www.fas.harvard.edu /~drclas/regions/brazil/languagestudies.html (862 words)

	The Daily Illini - With help from former colonies, Portuguese maintains its relevance
		Her speech, entitled "Portuguese Language in Context: Past, Present, and Future," will inform anyone interested in the language, which is the seventh most spoken language on the planet, ahead of German, French and Italian.
		There are also Portuguese speakers in the African nations of Mozambique, Angola, Cape Verde, Guinea-Bissau and Sao Tome and Principe, and in the Asian nation of East Timor.
		Portuguese is one of the official languages of the European Union and is required in high schools in Argentina, Uruguay and Paraguay because of a trade federation, illustrating the importance of Portuguese in the world.
	www.dailyillini.com /home/index.cfm?event=displayArticlePrinterFriendly&uStory_id=b4833311-6698-4d16-8e97-9fa246584d2c (830 words)

	Portuguese: Translation into a language evolved in 218 BC
		Portuguese entered its modern phase in the 16th century with the grammar defined Portuguese morphology and syntax.
		The Community of Portuguese-speaking Countries (CPLP in Portuguese) was formed in 1996.
		The Portuguese and Brazilian Portuguese are two main different variants.
	www.deeptrans.com /portuguese.html (165 words)

	Community of Portuguese Speaking Countries
		In this context, the Community of Portuguese Speaking Countries attaches great importance to the maintenance and, where possible, improvement of the structure in the DPI dedicated to the dissemination of information in Portuguese.
		While its public information concerns are currently still met by the UN presence in that country, we should begin to envisage as of now the provision of Portuguese language services in a future regional hub for South-East Asia with a view to providing an uninterrupted flow of public information in Portuguese to Timor-Leste.
		We are greatly appreciative of the work carried out by the Portuguese Language Unit, despite scarce resources, and trust that, as its staffing is incremented, such as with the recent positioning of a second producer, it will provide even better services.
	www.un.org /ga/coi/statements04/cplp04.htm (513 words)

	Community of Portuguese-Speaking Countries (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		Members are all the Lusophone countries (Portugal, Brazil, Angola, Mozambique, Cape Verde, Guinea-Bissau and São Tome e Príncipe) and East Timor as an observer.
		It was used an element on the shape of a wave, representing the sea, that before the common language, was the element that first united those countries.
		In the centre of this structure a circle concentric to the structure, represents the union element nowadays — the language.
	www.crwflags.com /fotw/flags/int-cplp.html (628 words)

	AEGiS-Reuters: Brazil Leads Portuguese Countries in AIDS Fight
		Brazil's AIDS campaign spokesman said on Wednesday Portuguese-language countries, whose leaders are meeting in Brazil this week, have agreed on a joint project to fight the AIDS epidemic that ravages Mozambique and Angola but has been stemmed by widely acclaimed policies in Brazil.
		The joint proposal, which will seek $30 million from the Global Fund for AIDS to finance the exchange of technology, treatment and prevention campaigns, is scheduled to be signed on Thursday by leaders of the Community of Portuguese-Language Countries at a meeting in Brazil's capital.
		The Portuguese-language community, founded in 1996, groups Brazil, Portugal, Cape Verde, Guinea-Bisseau, Sao Tome and Principe, Mozambique and Angola and has East Timor as its newest member.
	www.aegis.com /news/re/2002/RE020772.html (480 words)

	TDS; Passports, Visas, Travel Documents
		Contributing to the strong ties between the United States and Portugal are the sizable Portuguese communities in Massachusetts, Rhode Island, New Jersey, California, and Hawaii.
		The latest census estimates that 1.3 million individuals living in the United States are of Portuguese ancestry, with a large percentage coming from the Azores.
		The Portuguese Government is seeking to increase exports of textiles and footwear to the United States and is encouraging greater bilateral investment.
	www.traveldocs.com /pt/foreign.htm (605 words)

	Learn Portuguese :: Portuguese Course
		The beautiful Romance language of Portuguese is spoken by some 220 million people worldwide and is the official language of 8 independent countries.
		With Cactus you can choose from a range of Portuguese courses throughout Brazil and Portugal, enabling you to experience the many wonderful cultures, landscapes and accents that the language offers.
		Combined Portuguese Course: Usually group classes in the morning and private classes in the afternoon.
	www.cactuslanguage.com /en/languages/portuguese.php (348 words)

	Global Challenges \| Christian Science Monitor Examines Brazil's Plan to Share HIV/AIDS Knowledge With ...
		Some AIDS activists, however, say that Brazil should be doing more for neighboring countries in South America and the Caribbean.
		Specifically, Brazil should assist those countries in the region that are making efforts but do not find ways to start, be it for lack of political will or economic problems," Renate Koch, executive director of the Venezuelan non-governmental organization Citizens Action Against AIDS, said.
		He said that the main objective of Brazil's plan to share its knowledge with other nations is to give those countries "first-hand evidence they can use when seeking funding" for future HIV/AIDS programs.
	www.kaisernetwork.org /daily_reports/rep_index.cfm?DR_ID=12776 (406 words)

	Snapshot, Africa: Mozambique
		Mozambique is a country in Southern Africa, bordering South Africa, Swaziland, Tanzania, Malawi, Zambia and Zimbabwe.
		The Comoros lie offshore to the northeast and Madagascar lies across the Mozambique Channel.
		Its capital and largest city is Maputo, located in the southern edge of the country.
	www.sheppardsoftware.com /Africaweb/snapshot/Snapshot-Africa31.htm (605 words)

	Language Exchange Community - Learn English, French, Spanish - practice foreign languages (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		Language Exchange Community - Learn English, French, Spanish - practice foreign languages
		Find a partner at the online community and practice your second language (any language) with a native speaker who is learning your language.
		We host your online practice with lesson plans, text chat rooms and more.
	www.mylanguageexchange.com /Default.asp (102 words)

	The Seattle Portuguese Language Meetup Group (Seattle, WA) - Meetup.com
		Transparent Language - Provides an invaluable collection of free software, games, quizzes, and more to help you improve your Portuguese.
		We are a group of people interested in the Portuguese language, and the culture of Portuguese speaking countries.
		Gostaria de saber a onde se encontra a maior concentracao de Portugueses ai.
	portuguese.meetup.com /80/?gj=sj5 (545 words)

	kaisernetwork.org
		Brazil will share its HIV/AIDS "know-how" with other Portuguese-speaking nations as part of a plan that was expected to be signed yesterday by members of the Community of Portuguese-Language Countries,
		The Brazilian Ministry of Health manufactures generic versions of patented AIDS drugs in local laboratories as part of its national HIV/AIDS program, lowering the annual cost of treatment to about $1,000 per person.
		Among the nations in the Portuguese community, Mozambique and Angola are especially hard hit by HIV/AIDS, with infection rates of 13% and 6%, respectively.
	www.kaisernetwork.org /daily_reports/print_report.cfm?DR_ID=12668&dr_cat=1 (169 words)

	Portuguese - Cambridge University Press
		Courses: Portuguese Language Skills, Advanced Portuguese Language, Intermediate Portuguese Language, Advanced Portuguese Grammar, Portuguese Phonetics and Pronounciation, History of the Portuguese Language.
		Emboldened page references refer to main sources of information within a run of several page references.
		Under the heading `Portuguese,' entries from Latin source to future prospects referring to the history of the language are arranged in chronological order and entries from Brazilian to varieties are arranged in alphabetical order.
	www.cambridge.org /uk/catalogue/catalogue.asp?isbn=0521805155&ss=ind (199 words)

	Mozambique - Gurupedia
		Mozambique is a country in Southern Africa, bordering South Africa, Swaziland, Tanzania, Malawi and
		Community of Portuguese Language Countries and the Commonwealth of Nations.
		Worldwide Press Freedom Index Rank 70 out of 139 countries
	www.gurupedia.com /m/mo/mozambique.htm (71 words)

	International Organizations A-L
		member of the community but not the common market.
		17 Jul 1996 Community of Portuguese Language Countries
		Atomic Community to form the European Communities (from
	www.worldstatesmen.org /International_Organizations.html (3814 words)

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