Brazil adopts changes in Portuguese language

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Brazilian President Luis Ignacio Lula de Silva has signed an agreement to make changes to Portuguese spelling in Brazil. The newly adopted laws aim to simplify spellings by eliminating some ``silent'' letters and accents

Brazil adopts changes in Portuguese language

Around 250 million people speak Portuguese around the world: Portugal, Angola, Cape Verde, Guinea Bissau, Mozambique, East Timor, Sao Tome and Principe. People around the world have developed their own linguistic variation of Portuguese which has developed a need to unify all these variations and reach some kind of standardization. Several spelling rules will change so that the different variations may become more similar. Both Portugal and Brazil have signed agreements and are ready to enter apply the new rules in the next 2 years. However, this is nothing more than a pressure exerted by large publishers so they can reach new markets. The proposed changes in the majority will not facilitate the learning of language; instead it will only further confuse those who have not mastered the language. The Portuguese is a very difficult language and even the Brazilians can't understand hundreds of grammatical rules. For example, there are 12 verb tenses, each for a specific situation. Finally, things will become even harder if the Brazilians are no longer able to modify the language as and when new rules apply.

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• standardization
• Brazil

[ikariam9]

deixem de ser assim se querem que os lusófonos como nós tenham um bom futuro temos que fazer como os hispanicos adotar uma grafia conjunta

[Zukadutu]

São tomé e principe agradece ao tratado

[andfm106]

Eu também, nunca vou adotar essas novas regras, vou continuar a escrever como se nenhuma reforma ortogrática tivesse ocorrido.

[strainey123]

Odiei essa mudança