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Portuguese
Western Romance language
Community of Portuguese Language Countries
international organization
infante
' (, ; f. infanta'''), also anglicised as "infant" or translated as "prince", is the title and rank given in the Iberian kingdoms of Spain (including the predecessor kingdoms of Aragon, Castile, Navarre, and León) and Portugal to the sons and daughters (infantas) of the king, regardless of age, sometimes with the exception of the heir apparent or heir presumptive to the throne who usually bears a unique princely or ducal title. A woman married to a male infante was accorded the title of infanta'' if the marriage was dynastically approved (e.g., Princess Alicia of Bourbon-Parma), although since
Latin Union
international organization
Ã
A with tilde (majuscule: Ã, minuscule: ã) is a letter of the Latin alphabet formed by addition of the tilde diacritic over the letter A. It is used in Portuguese, Kashubian, Silesian, Guaraní, Aromanian, Taa, and Vietnamese. In the past, it was also used in Greenlandic.
Instituto Camões
organization
Judaeo-Portuguese
thumb | right | “Fountain of the Jews” in Coimbra, Portugal Judaeo-Portuguese, Jewish-Portuguese or Judaeo-Lusitanic, is an extinct Jewish language or a dialect of Galician-Portuguese written in the Hebrew alphabet that was used by the Jews of Portugal.
betacism
In historical linguistics, betacism ( , ) is a sound change in which (the voiced bilabial plosive, as in bane) and (the voiced labiodental fricative , as in vane) are confused. The final result of the process can be either /b/ → [v] or /v/ → [b]. Betacism is a fairly common phenomenon; it has taken place in Greek, Hebrew, and several Romance languages.
Portuguese-based creole languages
creole languages lexified by Portuguese
Lusofonia Games
international sporting event
reintegrationism
Reintegrationism (, , ), or Lusism, is a linguistic movement in Galicia that advocates for the recognition of Galician and varieties of the Portuguese language as a single language. Reintegrationists argue that the different dialects of Galician and Portuguese should be classified as part of the Galician-Portuguese language, rather than two languages within a common branch. The largest reintegrationist association is the Galician Language Association (AGAL).
crasis
Crasis (; from the Greek , ) is a type of contraction in which two vowels or diphthongs merge into one new vowel or diphthong, making one word out of two (univerbation). Crasis occurs in many languages, including French, Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish; it was first described in Ancient Greek.
Museum of the Portuguese Language
museum in Brazil
English as She Is Spoke
1855 book by Pedro Carolino
Portuguese Language Orthographic Agreement of 1990
international treaty to create a unified orthography for Portuguese
International Portuguese Language Institute
institute of the Community of Portuguese Language Countries
cantiga de amigo
genre of the Galician-Portuguese lyric
Portuguese name
naming system used in the Portuguese language
languages of Portugal
languages of a geographic region
Órganu de siguimientu i cordinación del estremeñu i la su coltura
Mendinho
thumb|Paseo de Alfonso XII de Vigo:A fada e o dragónThe sculpture, cast in bronze, represents a nymph with two flutes, riding a winged dragon's back. With this piece, the artist () pays tribute to Galicia's oral culture and the medieval poets and troubadours who, like [[Martin Codax, or Mendinho, celebrated the bounties of Vigo's sea.]]
Volta do mar
navigational technique perfected by Portuguese navigators during the Age of Discovery in the late fifteenth century
Galician Language Association
Galician linguistic association founded in 1981
Portuguese orthography
alphabet and spelling
critical consciousness
concept within critical pedagogy
comparison of Portuguese and Spanish
linguistic comparison
World Portuguese Language Day
is celebrated every May 5
Galician Academy of the Portuguese Language
institution supporting Galician reintegration into Portuguese
Portuguese phonology
phonology of the Portuguese language
Will of Afonso II of Portugal
the will of King Afonso II
elu system
system for gender-neutral language in Portuguese
Noticia de Torto
Língua do Pê
language game
Portuguese studies
area studies concerning Portugal and Portuguese
Portuguese vocabulary
vocabulary of the Portuguese language
Linguistic Atlas of the Iberian Peninsula
project conceived by Ramón Menéndez Pidal