Pages on gringotolingo.com that introduce Brazilain Portuguese
Bem-vindo! It’s great to have you on-board. Whatever your motivation for learning Brazilian Portuguese, you’re in good company. With over 214 million inhabitants, Brazil is the world’s sixth most populous country. A further 4.2 million Brazilians live abroad, including an estimated 220,000 in the UK. Brazil is by far the world’s largest Portuguese-speaking nation, it’s […]
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This page offers a guide to pronunciation in Brazilian Portuguese. Most letters in Brazilian Portuguese are pronounced the same as in English, but the table below shows some of the main exceptions: Letter(s) Pronunciation ã this is a nasal sound, that sounds a bit like uh ão this makes an ah-ooh sound c c that
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This post outlines the history of the Brazilian Portuguese language. For more information about learning Brazilian Portuguese, check out the resources page. In 1494, Portugal and Spain divided the New World between them in the Treaty of Tordesillas, which gave Portugal the rights to lands that now constitute the eastern quarter of Brazil. Then in
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