Today I learned that in China one also speaks portuguese.
The place:
Macao
A city that along with Hong Kong is two special regions of China (both are separated from each other only for 60 km). Macao for over 400 years was colony of Portugal until 1999, and through an agreement between the Portuguese government and Chinese, Portugal transferred the administration of the city to China.
Portuguese colonial features are still very much present in Macao, such as portuguese architecture, especially in the central part of the city. Signposts throughout the city have words in portuguese and a number of portuguese public buildings throughout Macao, as well as churches something extremely unusual in China.
The official language of Macao is Cantonese and later English. With regard to the portuguese language, today in Macao due to Chinese influence after 1999, the portuguese language spoken by the Macanese was diminished over time. Today it is known that no more than 5% of Macao's population communicates in portuguese.
The places with greater presence and emphasis of the portuguese language in this city were restricted to the environments of the public administration, universities, hospitals and portuguese institutions that still exist in Macao.
May the Portuguese language not die in Macao!
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That is very interesting I only knew of Hong Kong being controlled by the British I was not aware there were other cities that were controlled by other governments. Thank you for this info.
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Very good Post
"Muito Bom" in portuguese
I was in East Timor where Portuguese is the official Language, but only 35% of the population speaks it well.(people with more then 50 years old)
The most used national language of East Timor is Tetum, an Austronesian language influenced by Portuguese
And people(35%) with less that 50 years old speak english