{"id":1274,"date":"2022-05-04T14:43:16","date_gmt":"2022-05-04T14:43:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/heritage-language\/?p=1274"},"modified":"2022-05-04T14:46:44","modified_gmt":"2022-05-04T14:46:44","slug":"happy-portuguese-language-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/heritage-language\/2022\/05\/04\/happy-portuguese-language-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Happy Portuguese Language Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4><span lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\">Feliz Dia Mundial da L\u00edngua Portuguesa!<\/span><\/h4>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\">In 2009, May 5 was officially designated\u00a0 &#8220;Portuguese Language Day&#8221; by the Community of Portuguese Language Countries (<span lang=\"PT\" xml:lang=\"PT\">Comunidade dos Pa\u00edses de L\u00edngua Portuguesa<\/span>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?sa=t&amp;rct=j&amp;q=&amp;esrc=s&amp;source=web&amp;cd=&amp;ved=2ahUKEwiImqvwh8b3AhUMCsAKHQxjDqQQFnoECBoQAQ&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cplp.org%2F&amp;usg=AOvVaw0dq1pyN-XmgwHK_YgppfR6\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CPLP<\/a>), the intergovernmental organization that represents nations that share Portuguese as an official language (in Africa, Asia, Europe and South America).<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Ten years later, in 2019, UNESCO designated May 5 <span lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\">&#8220;World Portuguese Language Day&#8221; (Dia Mundial da L\u00edngua Portuguesa).<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p>As specified on the UNESCO website, &#8220;<span lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\">The Portuguese language is not only one of the most widespread languages in the world, with more than 265 million speakers spread through all continents, but it is also the most widely spoken language in the southern hemisphere. Portuguese remains, today, a major language of international communication and a language with a strong geographical projection, destined to increase. &#8220;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>For information, please visit the UNESCO website (click here for <a href=\"https:\/\/en.unesco.org\/commemorations\/portuguese-language-day\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">English<\/a>, and here for <a href=\"https:\/\/pt.unesco.org\/commemorations\/portuguese-language-day\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Portuguese<\/a>). For a message from UN Secretary-General, Ant\u00f3nio Guterres, please scroll down.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"425\" height=\"344\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=G0iJgfW8OHk?feature=youtu?wmode=transparent\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen> <\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Feliz Dia Mundial da L\u00edngua Portuguesa! In 2009, May 5 was officially designated\u00a0 &#8220;Portuguese Language Day&#8221; by the Community of Portuguese Language Countries (Comunidade dos Pa\u00edses de L\u00edngua Portuguesa, CPLP), the intergovernmental organization that represents nations that share Portuguese as an official language (in Africa, Asia, Europe and South America). 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