World Portuguese Language day-May 5
According to the UN, World Portuguese language day was declared in the 40th session of UNESCO's general conference, 2019.
Initially, May 5th was remembered as Portuguese day, as it was established by the Community of Portuguese-speaking Countries (CPLP), an inter governmental organization. This helped to unite the Portuguese language people all around the world to celebrate this day as part of their identity.In 2000, CPLP partnered with UNESCO. UNESCO brought the cultural identity of Portuguese into light by declaring May 5 as World Portuguese language Day.
Significant of Portuguese language:
Portuguese language is one of the most widespread languages in the world. It has more than 250 million speakers all over the world.
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