Per una didattica del portoghese: traiettorie e sfide di una lingua pluricentrica*
* Title: For Portuguese didactics: paths and challenges of a pluricentric language / Título: Por uma didática do português: trajetórias e desafios de uma língua pluricêntrica.
ABSTRACT
Portuguese is the official language of 9 countries belonging to the Community of Portuguese
Language Countries - CPLP. It is spoken by about 260 million people in Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde,
Guinea-Bissau, Equatorial Guinea, Mozambique, Portugal, São Tomé and Príncipe, East Timor and
in the territory of Macao. As a pluricentric language, it has two different norms: the European
norm, called European Portuguese (PE), and the Brazilian norm, called Brazilian Portuguese (PB),
taught in Italian universities. This article aims to describe Portuguese as a pluricentric language
through its diffusion and use.