Computer scientists at MIT and Israel's Technion recently developed an algorithm that analyzes quirks and errors in English-as-a-second-language (ESL) essays to predict the author's native tongue, ...

This post is part of our special coverage Languages and the Internet. This May 5 in Maputo, Mozambique, the Day of the Portuguese Language and Culture, of the Community of Portuguese Speaking ...

Here's a compilation of useful guides and notes from all Talk Portuguese topics. Bom dia The om in bom is an example of a Portuguese 'nasal' sound. In nasal sounds, the final m isn't quite fully ...

LISBON – Portugal’s minister of foreign affairs, Augusto Santos Silva, said on Monday that Portugal maintains the goal of having Portuguese as an official language of the United Nations (UN), but that ...

The Michaelis dictionary published in Brazil has added "Pelé" as a word meaning "the one that is extraordinary." Examples given include: "she is the Pelé of tennis" and "he is the Pelé of medicine." ...

DARTMOUTH – About 45 Portuguese language teachers from 21 Massachusetts and Rhode Island school districts came together at Dartmouth High School on March 22 to share their classroom experiences, ...