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PALOP
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| Official languages | Portuguese |
| Established | 1996 |
| Member states | 6 |
PALOP is a Portuguese colloquial acronym which means African Countries of Portuguese Official Language (Portuguese for: Países Africanos de Língua Oficial Portuguesa).
It is a group of six African countries where the Portuguese language is the official language: Angola, Cape Verde, Guinea Bissau, Equatorial Guinea, Mozambique and São Tomé and Príncipe. It is a branch of CPLP. In Portuguese the group is commonly referred to by the acronym PALOP.
These African countries were former colonies of the Portuguese Empire, which came to an end in the 1970s, except for Equatorial Guinea, a former Spanish colony, which converted Portuguese into the the country's third official language, aiming to be allowed into the CPLP.[1]
The PALOP countries achieve many interchange protocols with Portugal and receive aid from it in the fields of culture, education, and Portuguese language development and preservation.
PALOP countries: