Portuguese language

Angolans have retained features of old and popular Portuguese and become influenced by African languages. Luanda has the most variety known of Portuguese in Angola: phonetically, vowels tend to be open: dedo (finger) is pronounced [dɛdu] while it is [dedu] in standard Portuguese. This always occurs with the popular parlance and occasionally in cultivated Luandese Portuguese. Another feature is the excessive use of lhe substituting other forms, example: "O frango, comeram-lhe" (The Chicken, they ate) instead of "Eles comeram o frango" ...

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Angolan Portuguese, Angolan Portuguese - History, Angolan Portuguese - Phonology, Angolan Portuguese - Angolan Lexicon, Angolan Portuguese - Loan words, Angolan Portuguese - Dialects

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Latin spelling and pronunciation - Pronouncing a dead language. Being a "dead" language, when Latin words are spoken in a "living" language today, there is ordinarily little or no attempt to pronounce them as the Romans did. Myriad systems have arisen for pronouncing the language — at least one for each language in the modern world whose speakers learn Latin. In most cases, Latin pronunciation is adapted to the phonology of the person's own language, although obviously this me ...

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Latin spelling and pronunciation, Latin spelling and pronunciation - List of letters and phonemes, Latin spelling and pronunciation - Summary of phonemes, Latin spelling and pronunciation - Length of vowels, Latin spelling and pronunciation - Syllables and stress, Latin spelling and pronunciation - Inconsistencies, Latin spelling and pronunciation - Modern spelling conventions, Latin spelling and pronunciation - Latin pronunciation today, Latin spelling and pronunciation - Pronouncing a dead language, Latin spelling and pronunciation - Roman pronunciation, Latin spelling and pronunciation - The sons and daughters of Latin

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Romance languages - Evolution compared to Latin. According to the results of the study of M. Pei in 1949, which compares the evolution degree of the languages with respect of their inheritance language (in the case of Romance languages the Latin language), here are the evolution degrees: Sardinian: 8 %; Italian: 12 %; Spanish: 20 %; Romanian: 23.5 %; Occitan: 25 %; Portuguese: 31 %; French: 44 %. See also:

Romance languages, Romance languages - History, Romance languages - Status, Romance languages - Typical characteristics, Romance languages - Distinguishing features, Romance languages - Evolution compared to Latin, Romance languages - Formation of plurals, Romance languages - Omission of final Latin vowels, Romance languages - Words for more, Romance languages - The number 16, Romance languages - To have and to hold, Romance languages - To have or to be, Romance languages - Pidgins and creoles, Romance languages - Constructed languages, Romance languages - Listing, Romance languages - Ethnologue classification

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List of Portuguese language television channels - Portugal. note: some are broadcasted from outside Portugal, mostly Brazil and Spain. RTP N - news SIC Notícias - news Canal 6 - regional news (only in Pluricanal cable network) Euronews - news (Portuguese feeds only in minor cable TV networks and by relay in RTP channels) Eurosport News - sports/news Eurosport - sports SportTV - sports Discovery Turbo - sports Fox Life - w ...

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List of Portuguese language television channels, List of Portuguese language television channels - Terrestrial, List of Portuguese language television channels - Portugal, List of Portuguese language television channels - Brazil, List of Portuguese language television channels - Angola, List of Portuguese language television channels - Macau, List of Portuguese language television channels - Mozambique, List of Portuguese language television channels - East Timor, List of Portuguese language television channels - Cape Verde, List of Portuguese language television channels - São Tomé and Príncipe, List of Portuguese language television channels - Guinea-Bissau, List of Portuguese language television channels - Cable & Satellite, List of Portuguese language television channels - Portugal, List of Portuguese language television channels - Brazil, List of Portuguese language television channels - Angola, List of Portuguese language television channels - Mozambique, List of Portuguese language television channels - International Portuguese language Channels, List of Portuguese language television channels - Portugal, List of Portuguese language television channels - Brazil

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The Lusitanians were primarily a single tribe that lived between the rivers Douro and Tagus. Later, the name Lusitania was adopted by ancient Calaicians or Gallaeci (tribes living in the north of Douro River) and other closely surrounding tribes, eventually spreading as a label to all the local people fighting the Roman rule - but also because they were all culturally and ethnically very similar. Most of these tribes w ...

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Lusitanians, Lusitanians - Culture, Lusitanians - Religion, Lusitanians - Language, Lusitanians - Tribes, Lusitanians - War with the Romans and eventual Romanisation

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Portugal does not recognize Spain's sovereignty over the territory. For the Spaniards the border between these two countries in the Olivenza region was defined in 1801 in the Treaty of Badajoz, but for the Portuguese this treaty was invalidated by the Congress of Vienna. Olivenza had been under Portuguese sovereignty since 1297, when King Diniz forced the Castilian Regent to cede it together with Campo Maior and other minor territories, taking advantage from the critical situation created in Castile because of the death of King Sancho IV. Po ...

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Olivenza, Olivenza - Claim of sovereignty, Olivenza - History, Olivenza - Famous people from Olivenza, Olivenza - Olivença Groups Groups supporting the Portuguese claim

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Terms of profanity have historically been taboo words. Some words originally considered profane have become much less offensive with the increasing secularity of society, while others, primarily racial or ethnic epithets which can be considered part of hate speech, have become increasingly taboo. The word cunt maintains much of its taboo status at least partly due to the influence of feminism, though other feminists are attempting to "reclaim" a neutral or complimentary status for this word. Shakespeare hinted at the wor ...

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Profanity, Profanity - Definition, Profanity - Profane words with multiple meanings, Profanity - History, Profanity - Severity, Profanity - Interlanguage, Profanity - Russia, Profanity - Japan, Profanity - Computers

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Historically, the Portuguese language originated in Galicia and Northern Portugal (comprising the Roman Gallaecia), and branched out in the 14th century after the Reconquista brought it southwards. Many linguists consider Modern Galician and Portuguese as dialects or varieties of the same language; the question of which variety is the true form is a matter of debate. For instance, in past editions of the Encyclopædia Britannica, Galician was a Portuguese dialect spoken in northwestern Spain, once often incorrectly consi ...

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Galician language, Galician language - Classification, Galician language - Geographic distribution, Galician language - Official status, Galician language - Dialects, Galician language - Sounds, Galician language - Grammar, Galician language - Vocabulary, Galician language - Writing system, Galician language - History, Galician language - Examples

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For the first two years of his residence he was miserable. He was homesick; he continually broke through the restraints imposed on young "writers"; and he was rarely out of trouble with his fellows, with one of whom he fought a duel. The effect of the climate on his health began to show itself in those fits of depression during one of which he eventually ended his life. His companions claimed, though he himself never spoke of it, that he twice snapped a pistol at his head in vain. His one solace was found in the governor's library, where he sought ...

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Robert Clive 1st Baron Clive, Robert Clive 1st Baron Clive - Early life, Robert Clive 1st Baron Clive - Arrival in India, Robert Clive 1st Baron Clive - Retirement

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The Lusitanians were primarily a single tribe that lived between the rivers Douro and Tagus. Later, the name Lusitania was adopted by ancient Calaicians or Gallaeci (tribes living in the north of Douro River) and other closely surrounding tribes, eventually spreading as a label to all the local people fighting the Roman rule - but also because they were all culturally and ethnically very similar. Most of these tribes w ...

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Lusitanians, Lusitanians - Culture, Lusitanians - Religion, Lusitanians - Language, Lusitanians - Tribes, Lusitanians - War with the Romans and eventual Romanisation, Lusitanians - Exterior links

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In November, 1914, Pedreira do Contorno workers, in Jabaquara neighborhood, Santos, were watching Espanha Futebol Clube matches and dreaming about creating a football club on their own. On November 20, 1917, Manoel Tavares had a meeting at Alexandre Coelho's barber shop, with 15 other people, who decided to found a club honoring Portugal. The name they chose was Associação Atlética Portuguesa and Lino do Carmo was elected as the club's first president. The club's first match was played on December 5, 19 ...

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Associação Atlética Portuguesa Santista, Associação Atlética Portuguesa Santista - History, Associação Atlética Portuguesa Santista - Titles, Associação Atlética Portuguesa Santista - Trivia, Associação Atlética Portuguesa Santista - Stadium

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The decline of Romanticism, along with a series of social transformations, occurred in the middle of the 19th century. A new form of prose writing emerged, including analysis of the indigenous people and description of the environment, in the regionalist authors (such as Franklin Távora and João Simões Lopes Neto). Under the influence of Naturalism and of writers like Émile Zola, Aluísio Azevedo wrote O Cortiço, with characters that represent all social classes and categories of the time. Brazilian Realism was not very original at first, but it took on extraordinary importance be ...

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Literature of Brazil, Literature of Brazil - Colonial period, Literature of Brazil - Romanticism, Literature of Brazil - Realism, Literature of Brazil - Machado de Assis, Literature of Brazil - Euclides da Cunha, Literature of Brazil - Pre-Modernism, Literature of Brazil - Modernism, Literature of Brazil - Mário de Andrade, Literature of Brazil - Oswald de Andrade

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Double Dare - Super Sloppy Double Dare. The format of Super Sloppy Double Dare copied that of the original program. Launched in 1987, it aired on the weekends on Nickelodeon. To compete with other children's game shows at the time, the format returned on the air in 1989. Double Dare - Family Double Dare. Family Double Dare premiered on Fox on April 3, 1988, and moved to its regular Saturday night slot that week. This spinoff featured two teams of four: two kids with two parents. The same rules used for the regula ...

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Double Dare, Double Dare - Gameplay, Double Dare - Physical Challenges, Double Dare - The Obstacle Course, Double Dare - Spinoffs, Double Dare - Super Sloppy Double Dare, Double Dare - Family Double Dare, Double Dare - Celebrity Double Dare, Double Dare - Super Special Double Dare, Double Dare - Double Dare 2000, Double Dare - Rerun status, Double Dare - Merchandise, Double Dare - Games and Toys, Double Dare - Apparel, Double Dare - Home Videos, Double Dare - Books, Double Dare - School Supplies, Double Dare - Personnel, Double Dare - International Versions

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There are many diverse styles of Latin music which all constitute Afro-American musical traditions, meaning that elements of European, African and indigenous music are fused. In the past, various authors have suggested extreme positions like Latin music being bereft of African influence, or being purely African with no European or indigenous elements, but it is now generally accepted that Latin music is inherently syncretic [2]. Specifically, Sp ...

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Latin American music, Latin American music - Characteristics, Latin American music - Indigenous music, Latin American music - Origins, Latin American music - Popular music, Latin American music - Argentina, Latin American music - Chile, Latin American music - Brazil, Latin American music - Cuba, Latin American music - Colombia, Latin American music - Dominican Republic, Latin American music - Mexico, Latin American music - Puerto Rico, Latin American music - Venezuela, Latin American music - Nueva canción, Latin American music - Salsa, Latin American music - Tejano music, Latin American music - Imported styles, Latin American music - Notes

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Msgr. Alencastre's premonition that the vicariate would be elevated to diocesan status was fulfilled earlier than expected. Upon his death, Blessed Pius XII decided that the Hawaiian Islands no longer needed a missionary church. Rather, its flourishing Roman Catholic community was mature enough to be administered as a fully independent body of its own. The pope canonically erected the new Diocese of Honolulu on January 25, 1941. After several months of consideration, the Pope looked outside of the Congregation of the Sacred He ...

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Roman Catholic Diocese of Honolulu, Roman Catholic Diocese of Honolulu - Missionaries, Roman Catholic Diocese of Honolulu - Persecution, Roman Catholic Diocese of Honolulu - Foundation, Roman Catholic Diocese of Honolulu - Vicariate Apostolic, Roman Catholic Diocese of Honolulu - Diocese, Roman Catholic Diocese of Honolulu - Special Anniversaries of Significance to the Diocese, Roman Catholic Diocese of Honolulu - Presbyterium and Permanent Diaconate, Roman Catholic Diocese of Honolulu - Parishes, Roman Catholic Diocese of Honolulu - Necrology of Clerics in the Honolulu See, Roman Catholic Diocese of Honolulu - Sources

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The Institute's Portuguese Language Centres (Centros de Língua Portuguesa or CLP) are centres which aim to promote the Portuguese language as well co-operation with different countries in the field of education. Instituto Camões - Locations. Angola: Benguela and Lubango Argentina: Buenos Aires Cape Verde: Praia Czech Republic: Prague France: Lille, Lyon, and Poitiers Germany: Hamburg Guinea-Bis ...

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Instituto Camões, Instituto Camões - Language centres, Instituto Camões - Locations, Instituto Camões - Cultural centres, Instituto Camões - Locations, Instituto Camões - Origin of the name, Instituto Camões - Recognition

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(on 1 January 2002) Peeters 33,273 Janssens 31,529 Maes 25,654 Jacobs 20,229 Mertens 18,927 Willems 18,604 Claes 16,822 Goossens 16,202 Wouters 15,950 De Smet 14,491 The ten most common names in Belgium, shown above, are all of Flemish origin. The ten most common names in the Walloon region are: Dubois 9.804 Lambert 9.099 Martin 7.266 Dupont 6.688 Dumont 6.614 Leclercq 6.431 Simon 6.285 Laurent 5 ...

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List of most common surnames, List of most common surnames - Argentina, List of most common surnames - Belgium, List of most common surnames - Brazil, List of most common surnames - Bulgaria, List of most common surnames - Canada, List of most common surnames - Quebec, List of most common surnames - China, List of most common surnames - Croatia, List of most common surnames - Czech Republic, List of most common surnames - Denmark, List of most common surnames - Estonia, List of most common surnames - Finland, List of most common surnames - France, List of most common surnames - Germany, List of most common surnames - Hungary, List of most common surnames - India, List of most common surnames - Ireland, List of most common surnames - Israel, List of most common surnames - Italy, List of most common surnames - Japan, List of most common surnames - Korea, List of most common surnames - Latvia, List of most common surnames - Mexico, List of most common surnames - Nuevo León, List of most common surnames - The Netherlands, List of most common surnames - Norway, List of most common surnames - Philippines, List of most common surnames - Poland, List of most common surnames - Portugal, List of most common surnames - Romania, List of most common surnames - Russia, List of most common surnames - Serbia and Montenegro, List of most common surnames - Spain, List of most common surnames - Singapore, List of most common surnames - Slovenia, List of most common surnames - Sri Lanka, List of most common surnames - Sweden, List of most common surnames - United Kingdom, List of most common surnames - United States, List of most common surnames - Vietnam

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In English, it is possible to say "there stands..." instead of "there is..." in certain contexts. In Latin too, it became common to eschew SVM in favour of STO and say where things "stood" instead of where they "were". With time, it became common to use this verb to express other states. Now, Castilian/Spanish, Galician/Portuguese, Catalan, and (to a lesser extent) Italian commonly use two copulae, one from each of the Latin verbs. The ot ...

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Romance copula, Romance copula - Evolution of meaning, Romance copula - In Castilian/Spanish, Romance copula - In Catalan, Romance copula - In French, Romance copula - In Italian, Romance copula - In Portuguese, Romance copula - In Romanian, Romance copula - In Romansh, Romance copula - Conjugation, Romance copula - In Latin, Romance copula - In Castilian/Spanish, Romance copula - In Catalan, Romance copula - In French, Romance copula - In Italian, Romance copula - In Portuguese, Romance copula - In Romanian, Romance copula - In Romansh

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Verbs are divided into three conjugations, which can be identified by looking at the infinitive ending, one of "-ar", "-er", "-ir" (and "-or", which is present in a small number of verbs ,like "pôr" (to put). This verb pertains, however, to the "-er" conjugation, as in past it was spoken "poner", then "poer" then "pôr".). Most verbs end with "-ar", such as cantar (to sing); every new verb in Portuguese ends in "-ar" (e.g., "clicar", from English "to click (a computer key)"). All verbs w ...

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Portuguese grammar, Portuguese grammar - Verbs, Portuguese grammar - Nouns and adjectives, Portuguese grammar - Demonstratives, Portuguese grammar - The verb

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Apostrophe mark - Non-English names. Irish surnames often contain apostrophes, for instance the name O'Reilly. This arose from a rendering of the Irish Ó. Some Scottish surnames use an apostrophe, such as M'Gregor. The apostrophe here is a contraction where the Scots prefix Mc or Mac would normally appear. French and Italian surnames sometimes contain apostrophes, e.g. D'Angelo. Other times, foreign names that would have used an accented character have a ...

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Apostrophe mark, Apostrophe mark - English language usage, Apostrophe mark - Non-English names, Apostrophe mark - Geographic names, Apostrophe mark - Things to note, Apostrophe mark - Tip, Apostrophe mark - Greengrocers' apostrophe, Apostrophe mark - Derivation, Apostrophe mark - Other languages, Apostrophe mark - Alternative uses, Apostrophe mark - Computers and Unicode, Apostrophe mark - Entering apostrophes, Apostrophe mark - Eight-bit encodings

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Campinas, SP, Brazil (2000) The city was founded on July 14, 1774, by Barreto Leme. It was initially a simple outpost on the way to Minas Gerais and Goiás serving the "Bandeirantes" who were in search of precious minerals and Indian slaves. In the first half of the 19th century, Campinas became a growing populational center, with many coffee and sugarcane farms. The construction of a railway linking it to the city of São Paulo and Santos' seaport, in 1817, was very important for its growth. In the second ...

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Campinas, Campinas - History, Campinas - Title and symbols, Campinas - City twinning, Campinas - Metropolitan Region of Campinas, Campinas - Economy, Campinas - Socio-economic conditions, Campinas - Transportation, Campinas - Communications, Campinas - Media, Campinas - Ecology, Campinas - Climate, Campinas - Education and health, Campinas - Universities and colleges, Campinas - Technical schools, Campinas - Culture, Campinas - Sports, Campinas - Resources for foreigners, Campinas - Administration

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Romanization of Japanese - Hepburn. Main articles: Hepburn romanization, and [[]], and [[]], and [[]]See also:

Romanization of Japanese, Romanization of Japanese - History, Romanization of Japanese - Modern systems, Romanization of Japanese - Hepburn, Romanization of Japanese - Nihon-shiki, Romanization of Japanese - Kunrei-shiki, Romanization of Japanese - Other variants, Romanization of Japanese - JSL, Romanization of Japanese - Non-standard romanization, Romanization of Japanese - Long vowels, Romanization of Japanese - Archaic variants, Romanization of Japanese - Romanization of Japanese names, Romanization of Japanese - Example words written in each romanization system, Romanization of Japanese - Chart of romanizations, Romanization of Japanese - Alphabet letter names in Japanese, Romanization of Japanese - Kana without romanized forms

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