Portuguese language gaining popularity in Macao as city sharpens bilingual edge

Macao, a former Portuguese colony, has long been seen as a gateway between China and Portuguese-speaking nations. While there may be fewer native Portuguese speakers in the city since its handover in 1999, more Chinese are now picking up the language. In the final part of this 3-part series, CNA’s Deborah Wong explores this paradigm shift. Read more: cna.asia/3J3iyM3
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  • @megatonhammer4723
    @megatonhammer47239 ай бұрын

    Sou Chinese do Sul leste Ásia! Já aprendendo Português desde 2006/7 mas não é fluente ainda. Essa notícia é uma coisa boa!

  • @rism_pro

    @rism_pro

    8 ай бұрын

    Boa irmão ❤

  • @rism_pro

    @rism_pro

    8 ай бұрын

    Abraço de Portugal

  • @Andre.felipe84

    @Andre.felipe84

    6 ай бұрын

    Parabéns pelo esforço. 👏👏

  • @lilarodrigues2698

    @lilarodrigues2698

    6 ай бұрын

    ❤️❤️❤️

  • @joaosantos-mm4sq

    @joaosantos-mm4sq

    4 ай бұрын

    👍🇧🇷🇲🇴🌞

  • @wangchung7599
    @wangchung7599 Жыл бұрын

    Portugal wants to boost trade ties with China. China is also Brazil's biggest trade partner. Then, there are a few Portuguese speaking countries in Africa which China has diplomatic relations with. There are benefits for people living in Macau to learn Portuguese.

  • @abandonedfragmentofhope5415

    @abandonedfragmentofhope5415

    Жыл бұрын

    There’s also East Timor in Southeast Asia.

  • @CloydComia

    @CloydComia

    3 ай бұрын

    BRICS

  • @yottie1025
    @yottie1025 Жыл бұрын

    And with E Timor joining ASEAN, Portuguese speaking countries and territories can be a magnet for closer ties between Asian, Europe and America...

  • @abandonedfragmentofhope5415

    @abandonedfragmentofhope5415

    Жыл бұрын

    Africa too.

  • @terror1234

    @terror1234

    18 күн бұрын

    ​@@abandonedfragmentofhope5415Normal than Africa too! 🖐

  • @Cesar13PMW
    @Cesar13PMW6 ай бұрын

    The Portuguese language is so awesome! ❤

  • @NathanPereira-lx9yc
    @NathanPereira-lx9yc10 ай бұрын

    I love portuguese and chinese

  • @AI-hx3fx
    @AI-hx3fx2 ай бұрын

    I miss Macau so much!

  • @huanghermann5207
    @huanghermann5207 Жыл бұрын

    China needs Portuguese-speaking nations!

  • @ErikPT

    @ErikPT

    8 ай бұрын

    no they don't. HK is already good as the place for Chinese to learn English Portugese is a secondary language

  • @hokhimchon5960

    @hokhimchon5960

    Ай бұрын

    @@ErikPT that was not the point.....

  • @groomlakerd.contractor4438
    @groomlakerd.contractor4438 Жыл бұрын

    Vietnam 🇻🇳 has been promoting itself as the French Language of Southeast Asia and Vietnam language.

  • @groomlakerd.contractor4438

    @groomlakerd.contractor4438

    Жыл бұрын

    @@badofi Vietnam was the French colony. You can visit the French Quarter, Hoàn Kiêm, Hanoi. Just google Institut Français de Hanoï.

  • @Chaos88996

    @Chaos88996

    11 ай бұрын

    ​@@groomlakerd.contractor4438 Is there any native French speak in Vietnam?

  • @groomlakerd.contractor4438

    @groomlakerd.contractor4438

    11 ай бұрын

    @@Chaos88996 Those who have good academic result continue their study in France. Most of them work in France.

  • @groomlakerd.contractor4438

    @groomlakerd.contractor4438

    11 ай бұрын

    @@helehelexx____5924 French, English, Spanish and Mandarin are the International language.

  • @mainsmain

    @mainsmain

    3 ай бұрын

    The Vietnamese alphabet was invented by a Portuguese sailor

  • @Bb-vn8ok
    @Bb-vn8ok9 ай бұрын

    Nós Brasileiros ficariamos felizes se o povo de macau entende se portugués,seria incrivel isso,para aproximar culturas,para negócios,ja que nós brasileiros queremos comprar muitos produtos da china para revender aqui no Brasil

  • @ruibelo-cv3co

    @ruibelo-cv3co

    Ай бұрын

    *entendesse português

  • @thesmithersy
    @thesmithersy10 ай бұрын

    Interesting that Macau is still embracing Portuguese yet Hong Kong gets clamped down on anything "colonial".

  • @fernaodias2591

    @fernaodias2591

    24 күн бұрын

    Desde o inicio. Sec XVI China e Portugal nunca tiveram atitudes agressivas....por isso o respeito mútuo deve permanecer. Com Hong Kong Inglaterra já não foi assim...referência """ guerra do ópio ""

  • @deibuudeeibu6312
    @deibuudeeibu631217 күн бұрын

    Hoping this will happen in my country Philippines with the Spanish language🥰

  • @diazvirdani1059
    @diazvirdani1059 Жыл бұрын

    *Macau🇲🇴 & Hongkong🇭🇰* under Special Administrative Region China.

  • @paco680

    @paco680

    9 ай бұрын

    I hope they remain that way and China won't swallow them😢

  • @terror1234

    @terror1234

    18 күн бұрын

    ​@@paco680😂😂😂

  • @pedrocabral4498
    @pedrocabral44985 ай бұрын

    Portugal love Macau/China

  • @michaelmuller220
    @michaelmuller2209 ай бұрын

    Quero ir pra Macau

  • @Urbxx

    @Urbxx

    3 ай бұрын

    Na boa, deu vontade também.

  • @andrecruz1965
    @andrecruz19656 ай бұрын

    Hopefully this can bring macau closer to Portugal. Um grande abraço a todos desse lado :)

  • @somwangphulsombat8468
    @somwangphulsombat84685 ай бұрын

    Many Chinese students from Mainland China come here to learn

  • @michaelcorleone7598
    @michaelcorleone75988 ай бұрын

    This is great

  • @dxelson
    @dxelson Жыл бұрын

    Wow, why is CNA reporting again on Macao xDD did you set up offices here?

  • @kha0s616
    @kha0s61612 күн бұрын

    Ótimo

  • @evasterenberg
    @evasterenberg4 күн бұрын

    No, portuguese language isn't gaining popularity in Macao. Most of learners are maindland Chinese who go there as exchange students, it's not being learnt by locals at all.

  • @somwangphulsombat8468
    @somwangphulsombat84685 ай бұрын

    Portuguese, the official language of Brazil, which is BRICS member.

  • @terror1234

    @terror1234

    18 күн бұрын

    Brics 😂😂😂😂

  • @chema95011
    @chema950117 ай бұрын

    there isn't one single macanese person speaking portuguese on this video, which was the only thing i saw it for. 😠

  • @Visigothicwarrior
    @Visigothicwarrior2 ай бұрын

    Chinese people are cool!

  • @timmillan6701
    @timmillan6701 Жыл бұрын

    So these bright young women are interviewing in what is apparently one of at least three languages in which they are conversant. Impressive

  • @nurlindafsihotang49
    @nurlindafsihotang49 Жыл бұрын

    Macao : "Bom Dia!" Indonesia : "....is that a threat?" (Bom : bomb , Dia : him/her -indonesian)

  • @yohanapereira1629

    @yohanapereira1629

    11 ай бұрын

    Also Malay

  • @stoned8034

    @stoned8034

    10 ай бұрын

    xdd good to know, im portuguese

  • @megatonhammer4723

    @megatonhammer4723

    9 ай бұрын

    Hilarious!!! Lol!!!

  • @YesSir-ms3uk
    @YesSir-ms3uk3 ай бұрын

    They need to adopt English

  • @jiexuAn85
    @jiexuAn85 Жыл бұрын

    Even Egg tarts know Portuguese

  • @CloydComia
    @CloydComia3 ай бұрын

    BRICS

  • @umesh6772
    @umesh6772 Жыл бұрын

    Beautiful Bali is True Tourism destination than Buildings Roads & A few artificial Parks of SINOPORE!😅😅

  • @AZA020406

    @AZA020406

    Жыл бұрын

    Most of Singapore's tourist themes are too childish

  • @joeGuizan
    @joeGuizan9 ай бұрын

    They can go to Angola, Brazil...

  • @alves6465

    @alves6465

    6 ай бұрын

    Found the racist

  • @ilvxdih

    @ilvxdih

    5 ай бұрын

    Portugal...

  • @cch33tah53
    @cch33tah53 Жыл бұрын

    Seems some people there love to speak with the language of their past master

  • @jackytang3683

    @jackytang3683

    Жыл бұрын

    Many of students are from mainland China. Macau has rich Portugal language resources

  • @Wilhelm5381

    @Wilhelm5381

    11 ай бұрын

    why not?

  • @jeanlundi2141

    @jeanlundi2141

    9 ай бұрын

    Not very bright are we? EVERY person on Earth is speaking a language of a "past master". Americans speak english because England used to be its master.........latin european countries speak a variation of Vulgar Latin...because they were former colonies of the Roman Empire........Chinese people speak the same language because the empire expanded over the centuries...and there were those that were the masters and imposed their language on others. And for many macanese the CHINESE are now the masters. So why should they speak chinese? In your view, they are merely the new masters. Get some prespective and stop being cringe.

  • @terror1234

    @terror1234

    18 күн бұрын

    ​​@@jeanlundi2141 Very nice 🖐 answer !

  • @diplomlandwirt
    @diplomlandwirtАй бұрын

    Brazilian Portuguese and European Portuguese are a different dialect of the same language. Nothing like nothing. O português do Brasil é diferente do português de Portugal e muitos brasileiros não entendem bem o Português de Portugal inclusive aqui o português de Portugal é legendado.

  • @ruibelo-cv3co

    @ruibelo-cv3co

    Ай бұрын

    Nada mais falso. Apenas é legendado porque muitos brasileiros não entendem o sotaque. Uma Língua é definida por um conjuntos de regras gramaticais e de sintaxe que são os mesmos em Portugal e no Brasil. O português de Portugal não é um dialecto. É a matriz da Língua. E, já agora, que parte é que você não entendeu do que eu escrevi?

  • @terror1234

    @terror1234

    18 күн бұрын

    Porque todas as ex:colónias falam bem o português menos o Brasíl ? 😅 A inteligência das pessoas vê-se nestes casos .

  • @ArabicReja973
    @ArabicReja973 Жыл бұрын

    One-third of Singaporeans speak Mandarin. Majority of them are from freedom-loving nation, Taiwan 🇹🇼 not China. Of those from China, most have negative impression about the authoritarian surveillance regime.

  • @hatchegg80

    @hatchegg80

    Жыл бұрын

    70% of singaporeans speak mandarin, most are third or fourth generation chinese or recent immigrants from china. there are also significant malaysian chinese in singapore who speak mandarin. hope that clears up the horsesht above.

  • @outerspace8158

    @outerspace8158

    Жыл бұрын

    Singapore autonomous island of China

  • @MrBoliao98

    @MrBoliao98

    Жыл бұрын

    Just shuddup, something so simple you need to politicize.

  • @MarcioSilva-ssiillvvaa

    @MarcioSilva-ssiillvvaa

    4 ай бұрын

    What does this have to do with the subject matter of the video?

  • @devildevil2271
    @devildevil2271 Жыл бұрын

    Chinese shifting to Europe from USA, Caucasian men will welcome these women 😂😂

  • @rustambokaev4886

    @rustambokaev4886

    9 ай бұрын

    You nailed, bro!😂

  • @Fantom6400
    @Fantom64006 ай бұрын

    Macau is Chinese, NOT Portuguese

  • @ilvxdih

    @ilvxdih

    5 ай бұрын

    Macau was a portuguese colony that's why lots of people there speak or study portuguese

  • @MarcioSilva-ssiillvvaa

    @MarcioSilva-ssiillvvaa

    4 ай бұрын

    So what?

  • @Pa_700

    @Pa_700

    2 ай бұрын

    The Portuguese and Chinese got on brilliantly...I lived there and have visited since. They're always kind to us and us to them. Love you Macau 🇲🇴 🇵🇹

  • @Dns.inceptiowl

    @Dns.inceptiowl

    Ай бұрын

    That's only true since 1999.