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    Guinean Portuguese (Portuguese: Português Guineense) is the variety of Portuguese spoken in Guinea-Bissau, where it is the official language. Guinea-Bissau...
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    Castle), on the Portuguese Gold Coast in 1482 along with other trading posts. The Portuguese government founded the Company of Guinea to trade and set...
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    The Guinea-Bissau War of Independence (Portuguese: Guerra de Independência da Guiné-Bissau), also known as the Bissau-Guinean War of Independence, was...
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    Brazilians, Cape Verdeans, Portuguese, and Timorese found throughout the world. Portuguese is spoken as a first language in Portugal (the language's namesake)...
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  • regime of Guinean leader Ahmed Sékou Touré. In 1952, Ahmed Sékou Touré became the leader of the Guinean Democratic Party (PDG). In 1957, Guinea had an election...
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    administrators responsible for the territory of Portuguese Guinea, an area equivalent to modern-day Guinea-Bissau. In 1941 the capital moved from Bolama...
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    under some rule by the Portuguese Empire since the 16th century. In the 19th century, it was colonised as Portuguese Guinea. Portuguese control was restricted...
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    Damaense (Damanese Portuguese) and Goês (Goan Portuguese)  Guinea-Bissau – Guineense (Guinean Portuguese)  Macau – Macaense (Macanese Portuguese)  Mozambique –...
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  • The escudo was the currency of Portuguese Guinea between 1914 and 1975. It was equal to the Portuguese escudo and replaced the real at a rate of 1000...
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    Portuguese Mozambicans Portuguese Guinea Portuguese Colonial War "Observatório da Emigração". Machado, Diamantino P. The Structure of Portuguese Society: the Failure...
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    Portuguese creoles (Portuguese: crioulo) are creole languages which have Portuguese as their substantial lexifier. The most widely-spoken creoles influenced...
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  • was the currency of Portuguese Guinea until 1914. It was equal to the Portuguese real. Paper money specifically for Portuguese Guinea was first issued in...
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  • Africa Portuguese Guinea Portuguese São Tomé and Príncipe Portuguese West Africa Fort of São João Baptista de Ajudá Portuguese in Africa Portuguese-speaking...
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    Nigeria Lower Guinean forests Upper Guinean forests West Africa New Guinea Guineaman, a ship used to transport slaves from the region of Guinea Zurara titled...
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    The Portuguese Colonial War (Portuguese: Guerra Colonial Portuguesa), also known in Portugal as the Overseas War (Guerra do Ultramar) or in the former...
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    The Community of Portuguese Language Countries (Portuguese: Comunidade dos Países de Língua Portuguesa; abbr. : CPLP), also known as the Lusophone Community...
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    Guinea-Bissau was adopted in 1973 when independence from Portugal was proclaimed. Proposed flag for the Portuguese Guinea (1932) Flag of Portuguese Guinea...
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  • level however, Portuguese is spoken by the majority. Mozambique does not have an official language at the federal level however, Portuguese is spoken by...
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  • Look up Guinea, guinea, Guinean, guinean, or Republic of Guinea in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Guinea (Guinée, in French) or Guinea-Conakry is a republic...
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    November 1970, Portuguese forces from neighbouring Portuguese Guinea staged Operation Green Sea, a raid on Conakry by several hundred exiled Guinean opposition...
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    but scholars dispute whether Papiamento was derived from Portuguese and its derived Portuguese-based creole languages or from Spanish. Historical constraints...
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    based on Portuguese. Portuguese language Angolan Portuguese Cape Verdean Portuguese Guinean Portuguese Mozambican Portuguese São Tomean Portuguese PALOP...
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  • The Guinea-Bissau national football team (Portuguese: Seleção nacional de futebol da Guiné-Bissau) represents Guinea-Bissau in men's international association...
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    Guinean Armed Forces (French: Forces armées guinéennes) are the armed forces of Guinea. They are responsible for the territorial security of Guinea's...
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  • written by independence leader of Guinea-Bissau and Cape Verde Amílcar Cabral. Cabral, a Bissau-Guinean son of Bissau-Guineans and Cape Verdeans, was the leader...
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    languages of Upper Guinea are the oldest-known creoles whose lexicons derive heavily from Portuguese. They first appeared around Portuguese settlements established...
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  • The Guinean Workers' Party (PTG ; Portuguese: Partido dos Trabalhadores Guineenses) is a Guinea-Bissau political party, founded in 2021 by then-time Minister...
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    Cabral (11 April 1931 – 30 May 2009) was a Bissau-Guinean politician who was the first President of Guinea-Bissau. He served from 1974 to 1980, when a military...
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    originally native to Angola, was introduced by the Portuguese via São Tomé island.[citation needed] The Portuguese explorer Fernando Pó, seeking a path to India...
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  • transcription delimiters. Portuguese dialects are the mutually intelligible variations of the Portuguese language in Portuguese-speaking countries and other...
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