Macau: A Mixture of Portuguese and Chinese Culture

Macao is a mixed city of Portuguese and Chinese culture, also known as the first and last European colonies in Asia. It is located on the southeastern coast of China. Macau is the world's largest and unique city with spectacular natural landscapes. This is the perfect place to enjoy traditional Chinese culture and exotic Portuguese architecture. Macao explains it as a temple whose name itself is dedicated to the city of the temple, the sacred goddess Mas. It is a beautiful city so most visitors think this is the place for tourists.

Not only the casinos you find here and there, but also the beautiful Catholic church. As a former Portuguese colony, Macao has been influenced by Western and Oriental culture for hundreds of years as an important trading port in the past. In 1557, the Portuguese established a permanent solution, Pope Gregory XIII established the Roman Catholic Diocese of Macau in 1576.

Macao Pottoa or Macau Creole (a spokesperson called Putua) was originally from the Portuguese colony of Macao Macao, Creole word from Malay, Sinhala, Cantonese and Portuguese. People use it. Well, some families of Macau and Australian expatriate will talk about this topic. The Sinhala language used in the southern states (Goal, Matara and Hanbantota area) uses several words not found in other parts of the country; the central and northern states and the southeast The same is true for the regional area. For native speakers, all dialects are mutually understandable, and may not even recognize that the differences are important.

Although the official languages ​​of Macao are Chinese and Portuguese, English is informally playing a very important role. English is a teaching language of Macau University and several secondary schools. Other schools use Cantonese as an educational language. As of 2013, there is a secondary school in Portugal. In Japan it is pointed out that bilingual rhythms (mainly Japanese and English) are required, and some scholars advocate teaching children's subjects such as mathematics in English, not in Japanese. As part of the proposal, topics such as history are taught only in Japanese.