World Portuguese Language Day

May 5 · Level 7 · #803 of 2238

World Portuguese Language Day celebrates a language that connects communities across continents. It offers a chance to explore the literature, music and everyday voices of Portuguese-speaking countries, with all their regional variety.

How it is celebrated: libraries, cultural centres and schools organize readings, concerts, film screenings and introductory lessons. Translation events introduce readers to writers from different parts of the Portuguese-speaking world.

Portuguese is an official language in nine countries. Alongside Portugal and Brazil, that group includes Angola and Timor-Leste.

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