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Nit: why is Portuguese named "European Portuguese"? If anything, the language spoken in Brazil should be called "American Portuguese".
by carlos-menezes 1y ago
Nit: why is Portuguese named "European Portuguese"? If anything, the language spoken in Brazil should be called "American Portuguese".
- HelloMcFly 1y agoI think in this case volume wins out in that over 90% of Portuguese speakers are Brazilian Portuguese speakers. If anything it may one day just become "Portuguese" and "European Portuguese".
- dmurray 1y agoAt that time, we will have niche dialects "American English" and "British English". "English" will be identified with the variety spoken in India. Please kindly do the needful good sir.
- carlos-menezes 1y agoWe might as well say European Spanish when referring to the language that originated in the Iberian Peninsula.
- AStonesThrow 1y agoCastilian/Castellano already carries a distinct name. But just to complicate the matter, “Castellano” is also used in South America. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Name_of_the_Spanish_language https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Name_of_the_Spanish_language
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- AStonesThrow 1y agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Portuguese https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Portuguese The word "European" was chosen to avoid the clash of "Portuguese Portuguese" ("português português") as opposed to Brazilian Portuguese.
- SamBam 1y agoWhy is the language that using the spelling "colour" often called "British English?"