| Comunidade dos Países de Língua Portuguesa Community of Portuguese Language Countries | | | | | | Headquarters | Lisbon, Portugal
38°46′N, 9°11′W | | Official language | Portuguese | | Membership | 8 (plus 2 observers) | | Leaders | | - | Executive Secretariat | Luís de Matos Monteiro da Fonseca | | Establishment | 1996 | Website
http://www.cplp.org | The Community of Portuguese Language Countries (Portuguese: Comunidade dos Países de Língua Portuguesa, pron. IPA: [kumuni'dad(ɨ) duʃ pɐ'izɨʒ dɨ 'lĩŋgwɐ puɾtu'gezɐ] (EP), IPA: [komuni'dadʒi dus pa'izis dʒi 'lĩŋgwa poɾtu'gezɐ] (BP); abbreviated to CPLP) is a forum for friendship among lusophone (Portuguese-speaking) nations where Portuguese is an official language. The Portuguese-speaking countries are home to more than 223 million people located across the globe. The CPLP nations have a combined area of about 10,772,000 km², which is larger than Canada. Image File history File links CPLP_flag. ...
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An official language is a language that is given a unique legal status in the countries, states, and other territories. ...
LuÃs de Matos Monteiro da Fonseca (born 17 May 1944) is a Cape Verdean diplomat and civil servant. ...
Year 1996 (MCMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar). ...
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European Portuguese (also named Continental Portuguese or Lusitanian Portuguese) is a group of Portuguese dialects spoken in Portugal. ...
Brazilian Portuguese (Português Brasileiro in Portuguese) is the group of dialects of Portuguese written and spoken by virtually all the 190 million inhabitants of Brazil and by a couple million Brazilian immigrants, mainly in the United States, Portugal, Canada, Japan, and Paraguay. ...
A Lusophone is someone who speaks the Portuguese language natively or by adoption. ...
The formation and member states The CPLP was formed in 1996 with seven countries: Portugal, Brazil, a former colony in South America, and five former colonies in Africa — Angola, Cape Verde, Guinea-Bissau, Mozambique, and São Tomé and Príncipe. East Timor joined the community in 2002 after regaining independence from Indonesia. Year 1996 (MCMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar). ...
South America South America is a continent crossed by the equator, with most of its area in the Southern Hemisphere. ...
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The CPLP is a bloc in the process of construction and the societies of the eight member nations have little knowledge of each other. One of the unique features of the CPLP is that its members are linked by a common language and shared cultural features, which form a bridge among countries separated by great distances and on different continents.
In 2005, during a meeting in Luanda, the ministers of culture of the eight countries declared the May 5th as the Lusophone Culture Day (Dia da Cultura Lusófona in Portuguese). Luanda (formerly called Loanda) is the largest city and capital of Angola. ...
is the 125th day of the year (126th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...
A Lusophone is someone who speaks the Portuguese language natively or by adoption. ...
In July 2006, during the Bissau summit, Equatorial Guinea and Mauritius were admitted as Associate Observers[1] along with 17 International associations and organizations considered as Consultative Observers. Bissau, estimated population 355,000 (2004), is the capital of Guinea-Bissau. ...
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Associate Observers When the CPLP was formed, Equatorial Guinea asked for observer status. Equatorial Guinea was a former Portuguese colony until the 18th century and has some territories where Portuguese-based creole languages are spoken and cultural connections with São Tomé and Príncipe and Portugal are felt. Also, the country has recently cooperated with Portuguese-speaking African countries and Brazil at an educational level. At the CPLP summit of July 2004, in São Tomé and Príncipe, the member states agreed to change the statutes of the community to accept states as associate observers. Mauritius, which was unknown to Europeans until the Portuguese sailed there and has strong connections with Mozambique, also obtained associate observer status in 2006. Morocco also became interested in getting observer status, but Macau is not able to. Image File history File links Flag_of_Equatorial_Guinea. ...
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Portuguese creoles are creole languages which have been significantly influenced by Portuguese. ...
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The importance of the CPLP
 Flags of the member states of the CPLP countries. The Portuguese-speaking countries are home to more than 223 million people located across the globe but having similar cultures and a shared history. The CPLP nations have a combined area of about 10,742,000 km², which is larger than Canada. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ...
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The Community of Portuguese Language Countries (Comunidade dos Países de Língua Portuguesa or CPLP) is a multilateral forum for mutual friendship between the lusophone nations across the world where Portuguese is an official language. ...
Since its formation, the CPLP has helped to solve problems in São Tomé and Príncipe and in Guinea-Bissau, because of coups d'etat in those countries. These two problems were solved, and in fact, have helped these two countries to take economic reforms (in the case of São Tomé) and democratic ones (in the case of Guinea-Bissau). A coup détat (pronounced /ku deta/), or simply a coup, is the sudden overthrow of a government, usually done by a small group that just replaces the top power figures. ...
The leaders of the CPLP believe that peace in Angola and Mozambique as well as East Timor's independence will favour the further development of the CPLP and a strengthening of multilateral cooperation.
Since many children in rural areas of Lusophone Africa and East Timor are out-of-school youth, the education officials in these regions seek help from Portugal and Brazil to increase the education to spread Portuguese fluency (like establishing Instituto Camões language center branches in main cities and rural towns), as Portuguese is becoming one of the main languages in Southern Africa, where it is also taught in Namibia and South Africa. Instituto Camões (also in English Camoens Institute or Camões Institute) is an institution created for the promotion of the Portuguese language and culture in the world, the Camões Institute has administrative and patrimonial autonomy, that, under the supervision of the Minister of the Foreign affairses, assures the...
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In many developing world, Portuguese-speaking nations, Portuguese is the language of Government and Commerce which means that Portuguese speaking people from African nations can work and communicate with others in different parts of the world, especially in Portugal and Brazil, where the economies are stronger. Many leaders of Portuguese speaking nations in Africa are fearful that language standards do not meet the fluency required and are therefore making it compulsory in schools so that a higher degree of fluency is achieved and young Africans will be able to speak a world language that will help them later in life.
The CPLP System The Organization’s Executive Secretariat is responsible for designing and implementing the CPLP's projects and initiatives. It is located in Lisbon, Portugal. The Executive Secretary has a two-year mandate, and can be re-elected only once. For other uses, see Lisbon (disambiguation). ...
The CPLP's guidelines and priorities are established by biannual Conference of Heads of State and the Organization’s plan of action is approved by the Council of Foreign Ministers, which meets every year.
There are also monthly meetings of the Permanent Steering Committee that follow specific initiatives and projects.
The CPLP is mainly financed by its eight member states.
The CPLP flag has now eight wings, not seven, to reflect East Timor's membership.
Executive Secretaries Nenik Ximenes Timor Leste Marcolino Moco (born 1953) was the prime minister of Angola from December 2, 1992 until June 3, 1996. ...
is the 198th day of the year (199th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...
Year 1996 (MCMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar). ...
Year 2000 (MM) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full 2000 Gregorian calendar). ...
Year 2000 (MM) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full 2000 Gregorian calendar). ...
is the 213th day of the year (214th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...
Also see: 2002 (number). ...
is the 213th day of the year (214th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...
Also see: 2002 (number). ...
Year 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Year 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Year 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
LuÃs de Matos Monteiro da Fonseca (born 17 May 1944) is a Cape Verdean diplomat and civil servant. ...
Year 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Main initiatives - CPLP's HIV-Aids Programme – designed to help the 5 African member states
- Centre for the Development of Entrepreneurial Skills – being established in Luanda, Angola
- Centre for the Development of Public Administration – being established in Maputo, Mozambique
- Centre for East-Timorese Official Languages
- Conference on Malaria – to be held in São Tomé and Príncipe
- Portuguese Language Census
- Digital School and University
- Electoral Mission to Guinea-Bissau (East Timor’s Foreign Minister, the Nobel Prize laureate, José Ramos-Horta is CPLP's Representative to the Electoral Process)
- Emergency Project for the Support of Institution Rebuilding in Guinea-Bissau
- Rebuilding East Timor’s Justice and Public Administration
- Combating Poverty and Starvation
- "Felino" manoeuvres - annual combined manoeuvres of the Armed Forces of CPLP's countries
- The CPLP Movie festival
nenik Ximenes Timor Leste Luanda (formerly called Loanda) is the largest city and capital of Angola. ...
Maputo is the capital of Mozambique. ...
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Galicia Some Galicians want the autonomous region of Galicia in Spain to take part in this union, because their language, Galician, is closely related to Portuguese (in fact many consider one to be a dialect of the other). The two languages have a common origin in Galicia and northern Portugal. East Timor was once in a similar situation in regards to the CPLP. However, before independence East Timor had the status of Observer, even though the exiled government of East Timor had tried to gain full member status. Autonomous communities of Spain. ...
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Galician (Galician: galego, IPA: ) is a language of the Western Ibero-Romance branch, spoken in Galicia, an autonomous community with the constitutional status of historic nationality, located in northwestern Spain and small bordering zones in neighbouring autonomous communities of Asturias and Castilla y León. ...
A government in exile is a political group that claims to be a countrys legitimate government, but for various reasons is unable to exercise its legal power, and instead resides in a foreign country. ...
References - ^ CPLP Associate Observers in CPLP Official website
See also Portugal and its former colonies are linked musically by the shared influence of fado, a bluesy form of music derived from itinerants in Lisbon. ...
Lusophony Games (Lusofonia Games according to the official spelling of the Games Organization Committee) or Jogos da Lusofonia (in Portuguese) is a multinational multi-sport event, organized by the Association of the Portuguese Speaking Olympic Committees (ACOLOP) to enhance the members unity and promote their cooperation relationships. ...
Lusitanic is a term used to categorize persons who share the linguistic and cultural traditions of the Portuguese-speaking nations of Portugal, Brazil, Macau, East Timor, Angola, Mozambique, Cape Verde, São Tomé and PrÃncipe, Guinea Bissau and others. ...
Motto Égalité, Complémentarité, Solidarité Members and participants of La Francophonie. ...
The Commonwealth of Nations as of 2006 Headquarters Marlborough House, London, UK Official languages English Membership 53 sovereign states Leaders - Queen Elizabeth II - Secretary-General Don McKinnon (since 1 April 2000) Establishment - Balfour Declaration 18 November 1926 - Statute of Westminster 11 December 1931 - London Declaration 28 April 1949 Area - Total...
The Latin Union is an international organization of nations that use a Romance language. ...
An anachronous map of the Portuguese Empire (1415-1999). ...
Portuguese is the first language in Angola, Brazil, Portugal and São Tomé and Príncipe, and the most widely used language in Mozambique. ...
PALOP means African Countries of Portuguese Official Language (Portuguese for: PaÃses Africanos de LÃngua Oficial Portuguesa). ...
External links - (Portuguese) Official site of the CPLP
- [1] Equatorial Guinea becomes since 07/13/2007, the 9th Portuguese-speaking country
- (Portuguese) Seminário da CPLP – Culture and Development of the CPLP
- (Portuguese) Africanidade The African countries of the CPLP
- ELO Economical relations between the EU and the CPLP
- UCCLA Unity of the Capital Cities of Portuguese language
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