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		Portuguese is one of the Romance languages, a title which refers to its mother language, Vulgar Latin.
		Although Portuguese also has some evidence today of contact with the German language, the influence from this time period is really minimal compared to the other Romance languages, due primarily to the geographic isloation of the Iberian Peninsula from Rome which is where the German influence had the most dramatic effect on Latin dialects.
		Portuguese was also exposed to African languages in the Classical Period due to the importation of slaves to Brazil.
	linguistics.byu.edu /classes/ling450ch/reports/portuguese.html (2406 words)

	The Portuguese In Newfoundland Waters
		Some of the longest settled and most historic parts of the Island of Newfoundland still bear names of Portuguese origin, since many of the 16th century cartographers were Portuguese and were the first to assign names to the major capes, bays, harbours and islands on the east and southeast coasts of Newfoundland.
		It is a remarkable tribute to the rugged, hard-working men of the Portuguese fleet that so many thousands of them have staged their friendly invasion of Newfoundland's provincial capital at frequent intervals throughout the summer months and maintained an unrivaled reputation for good behavior that has kept them in high standing as extremely welcome visitors.
		In 1955, the Roman Catholic Cathedral in St. John's observed its centennial and was elevated to the rank of Basilica.
	www.wordplay.com /tourism/portuges.html (1100 words)

	sonia-portuguese.com_FAQ's
		Portuguese is spoken by over 200 million people (170 million people in Brazil alone) and it is one of the most widely spoken languages in the world.
		Brazilian Portuguese is Portuguese as spoken in Brazil and European Portuguese, also called Continental Portuguese, is Portuguese as spoken in Portugal and also in Macau, Angola, Mozambique, Guinea-Bissau, São Tomé and Príncipe, Cape Verde and East Timor.
		Portuguese and Spanish are so similar that the Spanish speaking people have to be very careful to avoid using Spanish when speaking Portuguese and vice-versa.
	www.sonia-portuguese.com /text/faqs.htm (1358 words)

	Portuguese immigration to Canada from Portugal
		After 1950 the Portuguese people that immigrated to Canada had a better chance of living, because of all the changes that were happening.
		The Portuguese settled in Halifax, Nova Scotia, this was during 1953.
		People kept on immigrating to Canada because there was freedom, and in Portugal there wasn’t freedom in Portugal because of all the wars that were happening.
	www.wsd1.org /SargentPark/Heritage2002/rm43/051/portuguese.htm (784 words)

	P.A.H.R. Foundation -- Our Mission
		This Portuguese language newspaper published in Newark, NJ has recently received a letter from one of its readers, John Crisostomo where it mentions the following: The reading of the book "The Forgotten Portuese" whose publication is welcomed thus strengthening the important participation of the Portuguese in the American society.
		The author’s curiosity and fascination with these people led him to a continued research which took him to local Southern Libraries, the Library of Congress and then to national archives in Lisbon and Seville where he embarked on a journey to discover the influence of early Portuguese in the making of America.
		Also planned in the context of the Portuguese connection is the funding of research initiatives leading to be publication of documents and books in the fields of archaeology, anthropology and linguistics.
	www.portuguesefoundation.org /reviews.htm (3176 words)

	Transparent Language - Portuguese Language Learning
		Portuguese ranks second after Spanish as the most widely spoken Romance language, and it ranks eighth in the world in terms of number of speakers.
		The variety of influences on the Portuguese language stems from the consecutive invasions of Visigoths and Muslims in later years, not to mention influences from France and Spain due to the proximity of those countries to Portugal.
		There were two main dialects of Portuguese in medieval times: Galician-Portuguese (spoken in the Northwestern region of the Iberian Peninsula) and Luso-Mozarabic (spoken in the region between the Mondego and Tagus Rivers, which was under Muslim control).
	www.learn-portuguese-language-software.com /overview.htm (921 words)

	P.A.H.R. Foundation--Hispanic or Portuguese?
		Portuguese people are different: The Portuguese population have stayed relatively isolated in the last few thousand years which makes them unique from the rest of the Iberian population.
		I very much think that Portuguese people and all people in Europe are white and even if you are born in Mexico, Central America, or South America, there are people that are also of European descent.
		People of Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, and French descent are Latin because of the languages.
	www.portuguesefoundation.org /hispanic.htm (13245 words)

	Do you like Brazilian Portuguese? \| Antimoon Forum (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		The dislike for the Portuguese people is taught in schools.
		The Portuguese women have beard and wear long skirts the clothes are like those of the eighteenth century and they are all short with dark eyes and dark hair.
		The rank does not matter for the people; the language is the culture of the country and the identity of the people.
	www.antimoon.com /forum/t706-60.htm (2514 words)

	The Lutheran Church - Missouri Synod - People & Religious Life
		This nation of northern mountains and rolling plains in the south is home to 9.8 million people, including 2.8 million in the capital of Lisbon and another 1.7 million in the Atlantic Ocean coast city of Porto.
		Ninety-seven percent of the population are Portuguese and more than 1 million additional Portuguese people live and work in other European nations.
		Ninety-four percent of Portuguese people are Christian, of which three-fourths are Roman Catholic.
	www.lcms.org /pages/internal.asp?NavID=6797 (430 words)

	Portuguese Gospel Resources (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Portuguese NVI Hardcover Bibles from International Bible Society.
		Portuguese NVI Paperback Bible from International Bible Society.
		Portuguese New Testament (audio cassettes) from Faith Comes By Hearing.
	www.ethnicharvest.org /peoples/languages/portuguese.htm (690 words)

	Portuguese are people without a voice: 2/ 17/ 2005
		The newspapers are nothing but warehouses for ads to honor those that buy pages to manipulate public opinion to show their "importance." The Portuguese counsels we have had in the last 30 years, with few exceptions, have had no impact and have failed to promote the Portuguese language.
		We have a 50,000-watt radio station in New Bedford that broadcasts in Portuguese that could be the vehicle for a daily dialogue about the challenges and the ideas of our community.
		Since New Bedford is about 60 percent Portuguese - American, that mission statement needs to reflect the socio-economic and political views of this mass of people who have been ignored by the Boston and Washington politicians for more than a 150 years.
	www.southcoasttoday.com /daily/02-05/02-17-05/a19op055.htm (764 words)

	The Portuguese Chamber of Commerce of Hawaii (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		It is a replica of a padrão in Portugal dedicated to Diogo Cão, an early Portuguese navigator who anchored at the mouth of a river in Africa in 1484, which he named Padrão, but which the native people called Zaire, and is known to the world today as the Congo River.
		The monument was originally planned by the Portuguese Centennial Commission in 1978, which requested and received permission from the City and County of Honolulu to erect the Padrão, both in tribute to the early Portuguese immigrants and in appreciation for the many opportunities Hawaii had to offer them.
		The Padrão is a gift from the nation of Portugal and the heart of the Portuguese people to the City & County of Honolulu for the enjoyment of the people of Hawaii.
	www.portuguesecoc-hi.us /pcoch/activities.php?title=community_service (702 words)

	The Portuguese Revolution
		And 2.5 million Portuguese were driven abroad to escape the poverty or the threat of four years' conscription in the African wars.
		The leaders of the junta promised "to complete a programme of salvation for the country and the restitution to the Portuguese people of the civil liberties of which they have been deprived".
		On a fighting programme such as this, the Portuguese workers could unite all the impoverished and oppressed sections of society, for the transition from the Portuguese February to the Portuguese October, which would have an even more decisive effect on the history of mankind than the Russian Revolution itself.
	www.marxist.com /History/portugal1974.html (3433 words)

	Christmas in Portugal. Santa's Net. Christmas Traditions. Christmas Around the World.
		In Portugal the tradition of gift-giving was defined mostly by the strong Christian religious beliefs of the people.
		The Portuguese "Christmas log," or cepo de Natal, is a piece of oak that burns on the hearth all through the day while people enjoy a lingering consoda.
		During the Christmas day Portuguese people visit the friends and family and have a big lunch normally with roast chicken, lamb or turkey.
	www.santas.net /portuguesechristmas.htm (478 words)

	Portuguese
		Spoken by more than 200 million people, Portuguese is the official language of eight countries on four continents: Portugal, Brazil, Angola, Cape-Verde, Guinea-Bissau, Mozambique, São Tomé e Príncipe, and East Timor.
		In 2006, The Portuguese School began offering non-degree graduate classes for students who are enrolled in graduate programs elsewhere. In addition, we will continue to offer special classes for K-12 teachers.
		This Portuguese speaking community attends four to five hours of classes daily. In addition, a full program of co-curricular activities: films, lectures, soccer, capoeira, samba, theater, radio broadcasting, cooking and much more enhance the learning experience.
	www.middlebury.edu /academics/ls/portuguese (397 words)

	Portuguese Genealogy Page by Fernando Candido
		Portuguese People Finder Forum Looking for someone dead or alive, this is a site that you need.
		This is a list of Portuguese foreign newspapers from many countries in the world.
		This is the list of people who are included in the book "With Hardened Hands: A pictorial history of Portuguese immigration to Canada in the 1950's".
	www.geocities.com /fcandido2001/portgen/portuguesegen.html (1011 words)

	Hisportic Christian Mission, established to evangelize and plant churches among Portuguese speaking people
		There are almost one million Hisportic people and very few evangelical churches to reach out to them.
		He spoke Portuguese fluently and his ministry calling was evangelism and church planting.
		The Gospel of Jesus Christ would be presented to thousands of people in the United States who would hear it in their own language.
	www.hcm.org /about.shtml (848 words)

	Learn Portuguese on 43 Things
		I decided it would be more useful to me to know Portuguese and understand Spanish than to know Spanish and be understood by Portuguese speakers.
		It’s a little confusing because some of the audio is out of order, but there’s a thread on their forums about that issue that helps explain where to find the out of order stuff.
		I've found that just listening to portuguese podcasts is too difficult, but i've found another podcast to actually get Italian explained.
	www.43things.com /things/view/6208 (724 words)

	Super Portuguese Web Sites
		Here you will find numerous sites that can be helpful in learning portuguese and about portuguese cultures.
		Portuguese is a Romance language spoken by about 191 million people mainly in Brazil (Brasil) and Portugal.
		There are also Portuguese speakers in France (França), Angola, Mozambique (Moçambique), Cape Verde (Cabo Verde), Guinea-Bissau (Guiné-Bissau), São Tomé e Principe, East Timor (Timor-Leste), Macau, the USA, UK, Luxembourg, Switzerland, Germany, Venezuela, South Africa, Canada, Australia and the Channel Islands, particularly Jersey and Guernsey.
	www.uni.edu /becker/PortugueseWebsites.html (238 words)

	Flickr: PORTUGAL - PORTUGUESE PEOPLE / Pessoas Portuguesas
		Flickr: PORTUGAL - PORTUGUESE PEOPLE / Pessoas Portuguesas
		All POSTS should have as a general theme "The Portuguese People".
		Post your pics of your Portuguese or Portuguese descent family and friends.
	www.flickr.com /groups/pessoasportuguesas (316 words)

	LITTLE EXPLORERS by Enchanted Learning Software
		The word on the top is in English, the word directly under it is in Portuguese.
		About 220 million people speak Portuguese as their primary language (over 83 percent of these people are from Brazil).
		Portuguese is the eighth most spoken language in the world and is the official language of Angola, Brazil, Cabo Verde, Guinea-Bissau, Mozambique, Portugal, and Tomé and Príncipe Islands.
	www.enchantedlearning.com /Portuguese (252 words)

	Portuguese Speakers, Portuguese Language Meetups, events, clubs and groups near London
		I will be joining the beautiful people of Brazil in January.
		Meanwhile, it would be great to meet portuguese or port.
		Meetup with others in your area who are also interested in the Portuguese Language.
	portuguese.meetup.com /lists/gb/london (1632 words)

	SmartPhrase.com > Portuguese > You & Family > Phrases
		SmartPhrase.com: Portuguese: You and Your Family: You and Family Vocabulary; Describing Yourself and Your Family; Meeting People;
		Telling people you meet about yourself and your family.
		Students studying and learning foreign language Portuguese (Português).
	www.smartphrase.com /smartphrase.com/Portuguese/po_you-family_phr.shtml (110 words)

	Learn Portuguese Language Skills with Portuguese Software and Portuguese Resources (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		You will learn about the origins of the language, Portuguese grammar, and Portuguese pronunciation, as well as other topics that may be of interest.
		This language history may be helpful both for people learning Brazilian Portuguese and people learning European Portuguese.
		You will find a variety of Portuguese resources in this section, including a set of conversational Portuguese phrases to listen to, a series of exciting articles to read in Portuguese, and a Portuguese proficiency test to evaluate your foreign language skills.
	www.transparent.com /languagepages/portuguese/portuguese.htm (656 words)

	Portuguese Foundation Inc. of Connecticut - Home (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		The Portuguese Foundation, Inc. is a non-profit, non-religious, non-political group dedicated to the advancement of Portuguese people, and dissemination of Portuguese culture throughout the State of Connecticut.
		Donations should be made out to The Portuguese Foundation, Inc., and mailed to the following address.
		Portuguese American Leadership Council of the United States (PALCUS)
	www.pfict.org (149 words)

	Portuguese Speaking People SoSaiATi
		Southampton Portuguese Society / Portuguese Speaking People Society
		Send us an email to be on our mailing list, or to ask any questions:
		Disclaimer: The content of these pages do not nessarily reflect the views and opinions of the University of Southampton
	www.soton.ac.uk /~psp (66 words)

	Goals tagged "portuguese" on 43 Things
		learn how to speak fluent portuguese 75 people
		be fluent in several different languages 9 people
		Qussa wants to run a marathon drink 8 glasses of water a day
	www.43things.com /tag/portuguese (177 words)

	Links
		- Lisbon - World Confederation of Portuguese Business People
		: The Portuguese Chamber of Commerce has been for the past few years the official representative of this agency of the Portuguese government responsible for the development of trade and tourism.
		- June in Kelly Park, Portuguese Historical Museum
	www.portuguesechamber.com /links.html (94 words)

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