Developing Story: It’s glottophobia’: Brazilians in Portugal battle for linguistic recognition

In an important development shaping the global World space, Brazilian speech therapists say struggle for acceptance is part of wider prejudice embedded into Portuguese societyNot long after she started studying to become a nurse in Portugal, Iracema Ferreira began bringing a dictionary to her classes as a retort to accusations she was speaking Brazilian, not Portuguese. Recent observations, according to dispatches from The Guardian Europe Affairs, point to structural shifts with notable ramifications for industry participants and analysts alike.

Brazilian speech therapists say struggle for acceptance is part of wider prejudice embedded into Portuguese societyNot long after she started studying to become a nurse in Portugal, Iracema Ferreira began bringing a dictionary to her classes as a retort to accusations she was speaking Brazilian, not Portuguese. “It was to show that those words are in the Portuguese language dictionary,” she said.A Brazilian speech therapist, Ferreira moved to Portugal in 2020 and later heard from several colleagues from her home country that the process of getting a licence to work in the European country was a dead end. The 45-year-old soon abandoned the idea of continuing the career she had practised for a decade and switched to nursing instead. Continue reading...

Market & Strategic Implications

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