Changes in the spelling Portuguese

The changes will only happen because three of the eight members of the Community of Portuguese-Speaking Countries ratified the grammatical rules the document proposed in 1990.

Once the rules are built into the language will begin the transition period in which ministries of education, associations and academies of Arts, publishers and producers of learning materials receiving the new orthographic rules and may, gradually, reprint books, dictionaries, etc…

The Portuguese is the third language western most spoken, after the English and Spanish. The occurrence of having two spellings hampers the dissemination of the language. His unification, however, facilitate the definition of criteria for examinations and certificates for foreigners.

With the proposed changes to the agreement it is estimated that 1.6% of the vocabulary of Portugal is modified. This is one example that the globalization can modify cultures.