Official languages of the United Nations presence into Asia which is growing rapidly. Malay is also prominent on the internet as the Malay language has the sixth most Internet users of all languages. Many Lusophones have advocated for greater recognition of their language, being the sixth most spoken language in the world and spread across four continents: Portugal in Europe; Brazil (the largest lusophone nation) in South America; Angola, Mozambique, Cape Verde, Guinea-Bissau, São Tomé and Príncipe in Africa; and in Asia, Timor-Leste and Macau. Portuguese is still spoken by a few thousand people in the former Portuguese colonies of Goa and Daman and Diu in
Japanese: The Spoken Language and among pedagogical researchers. Detractors of the textbook take issue with its usage of rōmaji, the complex grammatical explanations, the emphasis on memorization, and the relatively small number of vocabulary items (among other things). However, these same points are cited as strengths of the textbook by supporters. The approach is based on Jorden's decades of experience in teaching Japanese and pedagogical research, and was preceded by her 1960s textbook, "Beginning Japanese," which JSL supersedes. Beyond the focus on the spoken language alone, the text has a number of unusual features. The text is centered around a sequence of dialogs and