Portuguese-speaking African countries
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| Official languages | Portuguese |
| Established | 1996 |
| Member states | 6 |
The Portuguese-speaking African countries are a group of six African countries where the Portuguese language is the official language: Angola, Cape Verde, Guinea Bissau, Equatorial Guinea, Mozambique and São Tomé and Príncipe. It is a branch of CPLP. In Portuguese the group is commonly referred to by the acronym PALOP, a colloquial acronym which means African Countries of Portuguese Official Language (Portuguese: Países Africanos de Língua Oficial Portuguesa), also translated as "Portuguese-Speaking African Countries".[1][2]
Five of these African countries are former colonies of the Portuguese Empire, which came to an end in the 1970s, shortly after the Carnation Revolution military coup of 1974 in Lisbon. However, Equatorial Guinea, a former Spanish colony, converted Portuguese into the country's third official language, aiming to be allowed into the CPLP.[3]
The PALOP countries achieve many interchange protocols with Portugal,[4] the European Union[5], as well as Brazil, and other entities, and receive aid from them in the fields of culture, education, and Portuguese language development and preservation.
- PALOP countries
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
- Banco de Portugal: Economic Trends of the Portuguese-Speaking African Countries and East-Timor (2006-2007)
[edit] References
- ^ Speech of the Ambassdor Dulce Maria Pereira, executive secretary to the Community of Portuguese-Speaking Countries - CPSC - to the general assembly of the United Nations concerning HIV/AIDS, New York, June 25th to 27th, 2001.
- ^ Roundup: Portuguese-Speaking African Countries Embrace New Era, article at the English People Daily online newspaper
- ^ (Spanish) Obiang convierte al portugués en tercer idioma oficial para entrar en la Comunidad lusófona de Naciones
- ^ Portuguese National Institute of Public Administration: Bilateral cooperation
- ^ European Union press release: Portuguese-speaking African countries (PALOP) and Timor-Leste sign a Memorandum of Understanding with the European Commission (...). Brussels, 7 November 2007
