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Portuguese is one of the most widely spoken languages in the world (6th and 8th). Today, about 80% of all modern Portuguese speakers live in Brazil.[pEnd] There are two variants of Portuguese — European and Brazilian. They differ in lexical, phonetic composition and even spelling. Thus, in Portugal, the spelling remained unchanged for centuries, and in Brazil it was transformed so that to adapt to the real pronunciation of native speakers. In 2008, by a decision of the Portuguese Parliament, certain changes were made to the Portuguese spelling in order to bring it as close as possible to the Brazilian norms.[pEnd] Interesting fact. Cervantes, the author of a famous book about Don Quixote, called Portuguese a "sweet language"