World Portuguese Language Day

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On May 5th every year, people celebrate World Portuguese Language Day.

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People who speak Portuguese are known as a Lusophone.

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Currently, Portuguese is in 9th position in the list of most spoken languages across the globe.

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The highlight of this day is to show how the Portuguese have preserved their culture and civilization.

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Portuguese is believed to be one of the most widespread and spoken languages globally.

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It is also true that Portuguese speakers are responsible for the initial wave of globalization.

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And, this became the reason why the Portuguese language has an influence over other languages.

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Ex: Many English words have Portuguese origin, such as embarrass, acai, banana, breeze, monsoon, coconut, macaw, etc.

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And the best part is more than 229 million people speak Portuguese in our world.

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