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What is lusophone or lusitanic?

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12y ago
Updated: 8/18/2019

- Lusitanic is the ethnic identity of Portuguese people.

Example: Hellenic is to Greek, as Lusitanic is to Portuguese.

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- Lusophone denotes someone who speaks Portuguese.

Example: England and Australia are Anglophone countries.

Portugal and Brazil are Lusophone countries.

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