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The Portuguese-speaking African countries (also referred to as Lusophone Africa) consist of six African countries in which the Portuguese language is an official language: Angola, Cape Verde, Guinea-Bissau, Mozambique, São Tomé and Príncipe and Equatorial Guinea.〔(【引用サイトリンク】publisher=Eurostat ) Retrieved 25 September 2012.〕 Besides having a common language, the five former colonies of the Portuguese Empire share a strong “cultural identity, a similar system of governance and a long tradition of contacts and exchanges amongst themselves”.〔(【引用サイトリンク】publisher=''European External Action Service'' ) Retrieved 25 September 2012.〕 In 1992, the five Lusophone African countries formed an interstate organization called PALOP, a colloquial acronym that translates to African Countries of Portuguese Official Language ((ポルトガル語:Países Africanos de Língua Oficial Portuguesa)).〔 The PALOP countries have signed official agreements with Portugal,〔("Projecto Apoio ao Desenvolvimento do Sistema Judiciário PIR PALOP" ). Retrieved 25 September 2012.〕 European Union〔 and the United Nations,〔("Speech of the Ambassador Dulce Maria Pereira, executive secretary to the Community of Portuguese-Speaking Countries to the General Assembly of the United Nations concerning HIV/AIDS" ). 25–27 June 2001.''United Nations''. Retrieved 25 September 2012.〕 and they work together to promote the development of culture and education and the preservation of the Portuguese language.〔 Together with Portugal and Brazil in 1996, the Portuguese-speaking African countries established the Community of Portuguese Language Countries ((ポルトガル語:Comunidade dos Países de Língua Portuguesa), abbreviated to CPLP),〔("Roundup: Portuguese-Speaking African Countries embrace new era" ). ''English People Daily''.〕 which East Timor later joined in 2002 and Equatorial Guinea in 2014. ==The PALOP countries== ;Former Portuguese colonies: * * * * * ;Portuguese colony (1474–1778), Spanish colony (1778–1968): * (proposed adoption of Portuguese as its third official language besides Spanish and French in 2011). In October 2011, the parliament of Equatorial Guinea was discussing a law to make Portuguese an official language.〔 〕 Originally a Portuguese colony before it was claimed by Spain in 1778, Equatorial Guinea has adopted Portuguese as the country's third official language in order to be allowed into the CPLP despite its limited historical and cultural commonalities with the other countries. Equatorial Guinea was traditionally not considered part of the PALOP and it was not a founding member of FORPALOP in June 2014, the recently created institution that includes the PALOP, a forum for political-diplomatic cooperation to deepen historical friendship ties and solidarity between these African states. It should however be noted that Portuguese is sparsely used throughout the country. It was admitted into the CPLP in 2014 and, subsequently, it became FORPALOP's sixth member.〔(to the http://jornaldigital.com/noticias.php?noticia=44040 Cabo Verde: «FORPALOP importará valor para a CPLP» )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Portuguese-speaking African countries」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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