Portuguese had an orthography reform to unified how words were spelled and accentuated in the different countries that speak it. It was defined in 1990, but ac

Portuguese had an orthography reform to unified how words were spelled and accentuated in the different countries that speak it. It was defined in 1990, but actual implementation started in 2009 and was complete by 2016 in Brazil. Actually, software — in particular autocorrect software, helped to spread the reformed spelling quite a bit in my opinion. There is a section about it here: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reforms_of_Portuguese_orthography https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reforms_of_Portuguese_orthog...