Comments on: Where do people speak Portuguese? http://www.transparent.com/portuguese/where-do-people-speak-portuguese/ Language and Culture of the Portuguese-Speaking World Tue, 07 Feb 2012 17:49:13 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Alexandre R. Ferreira http://www.transparent.com/portuguese/where-do-people-speak-portuguese/comment-page-1/#comment-4265 Alexandre R. Ferreira Sat, 15 Jan 2011 03:10:09 +0000 http://www.transparent.com/portuguese/where-do-people-speak-portuguese/#comment-4265 Good evening! I am brazilian and speak portuguese! I am learning english in Brazil. The portuguese is a wonderful language. The brazilian Music is bealtiful. Good evening!

I am brazilian and speak portuguese! I am learning english in Brazil. The portuguese is a wonderful language. The brazilian Music is bealtiful.

]]> By: Alex http://www.transparent.com/portuguese/where-do-people-speak-portuguese/comment-page-1/#comment-3719 Alex Sat, 26 Jun 2010 12:55:11 +0000 http://www.transparent.com/portuguese/where-do-people-speak-portuguese/#comment-3719 The islands of Madeira and Açores its also Portugal!!! The islands of Madeira and Açores its also Portugal!!!

]]> By: Neil http://www.transparent.com/portuguese/where-do-people-speak-portuguese/comment-page-1/#comment-3505 Neil Thu, 22 Apr 2010 05:09:15 +0000 http://www.transparent.com/portuguese/where-do-people-speak-portuguese/#comment-3505 There is a fairly large contingent of Portuguese in the Central Valley in California, where there is lots of dairy farming. A lot of Swedes in that neighborhood too. Go figure. There is a fairly large contingent of Portuguese in the Central Valley in California, where there is lots of dairy farming. A lot of Swedes in that neighborhood too. Go figure.

]]> By: tatty http://www.transparent.com/portuguese/where-do-people-speak-portuguese/comment-page-1/#comment-2026 tatty Wed, 24 Feb 2010 18:52:41 +0000 http://www.transparent.com/portuguese/where-do-people-speak-portuguese/#comment-2026 wow you make long comments thanks for the help i really needed it for homework wow you make long comments thanks for the help i really needed it for homework

]]> By: Manoel Juaquim http://www.transparent.com/portuguese/where-do-people-speak-portuguese/comment-page-1/#comment-2024 Manoel Juaquim Thu, 14 Jan 2010 21:37:57 +0000 http://www.transparent.com/portuguese/where-do-people-speak-portuguese/#comment-2024 Oh my God, how much of poor, vainglorious and wrong information (or simply WISH?) do we see here in these comments! If you want to include a COUNTRY as part of Portuguese heritage just because there´s a couple living there yet having children, then there would be Portuguese folks almost in the WORLD world (as Spaniards, English, Danes, Pakistanians, Japanese, Chinese, Arabs, Dutch, Germans, Turks, Serbs and many, many others)!!! In the truth however, think: - in Goa, Damao and Diu (parts of inner India!), just LESS than 1% of local population still just USE a few words in Portuguese, not speaking the language properly, not knowing almost anything about Portugal indeed; - Madeira Island lies in central Atlantic (not so far from African continent), having NOTHING to do with AZORES (far northwards!), except that folks there are of Portuguese origin and DO SPEAK Portuguese; - only in Portugal and Brazil, the official AND MORE USED language (ALMOST by the whole population) is Portuguese (but even in Portugal there exist some kinds of dialects, including one spoken in Miranda (so small county) which became OFFICIALLY ACCEPTED as a distinct one (being ALMOST equal to Porguese or Galician!); in Brazil, there are many, several, distinct tribes of indigenous folks who speak their own languages and/or several dialects; just their number, in terms of population, is not so much, nowadays; - all the rest is so confused, that one should NOT say that they simply speak Portuguese; in some countries, it is official, but not used currently (fluently) by more than 50% of people; in others it is more historical, just symbolic, there existing SEVERAL or some much more important languages and/or dialects (this is for any "ancient Portuguese" colony [now, country] in Africa or Asia or Oceania)!!!; - As for LATINO, this is a term used for ANY GROUP OF FOLKS who suffered some influence of ancient Romans, who spoke Latin (from the now-called "Italian" region named LAZIO [Rome being its capital city]); thus... Italians, Romanians, Sardinians, Corseans, Spaniards, French, Portuguese and others (officially said, 12 languages derived from Latin, but in fact so many more if dialects are included, so... over 12 groups of folks [several of these being divided into several different groups!]. So, if Portuguese and Brazilians are NOT "Latin" (we don´t WANT TO BE; we ARE considered as...), why would Italians and Spanish be?!???). Oh my God, how much of poor, vainglorious and wrong information (or simply WISH?) do we see here in these comments! If you want to include a COUNTRY as part of Portuguese heritage just because there´s a couple living there yet having children, then there would be Portuguese folks almost in the WORLD world (as Spaniards, English, Danes, Pakistanians, Japanese, Chinese, Arabs, Dutch, Germans, Turks, Serbs and many, many others)!!!
In the truth however, think:
- in Goa, Damao and Diu (parts of inner India!), just LESS than 1% of local population still just USE a few words in Portuguese, not speaking the language properly, not knowing almost anything about Portugal indeed;
- Madeira Island lies in central Atlantic (not so far from African continent), having NOTHING to do with AZORES (far northwards!), except that folks there are of Portuguese origin and DO SPEAK Portuguese;
- only in Portugal and Brazil, the official AND MORE USED language (ALMOST by the whole population) is Portuguese (but even in Portugal there exist some kinds of dialects, including one spoken in Miranda (so small county) which became OFFICIALLY ACCEPTED as a distinct one (being ALMOST equal to Porguese or Galician!); in Brazil, there are many, several, distinct tribes of indigenous folks who speak their own languages and/or several dialects; just their number, in terms of population, is not so much, nowadays;
- all the rest is so confused, that one should NOT say that they simply speak Portuguese; in some countries, it is official, but not used currently (fluently) by more than 50% of people; in others it is more historical, just symbolic, there existing SEVERAL or some much more important languages and/or dialects (this is for any “ancient Portuguese” colony [now, country] in Africa or Asia or Oceania)!!!;
- As for LATINO, this is a term used for ANY GROUP OF FOLKS who suffered some influence of ancient Romans, who spoke Latin (from the now-called “Italian” region named LAZIO [Rome being its capital city]); thus… Italians, Romanians, Sardinians, Corseans, Spaniards, French, Portuguese and others (officially said, 12 languages derived from Latin, but in fact so many more if dialects are included, so… over 12 groups of folks [several of these being divided into several different groups!].
So, if Portuguese and Brazilians are NOT “Latin” (we don´t WANT TO BE; we ARE considered as…), why would Italians and Spanish be?!???).

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