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The official language is Portuguese, after settlers first arrived in Mozambique in the 15th century.

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One of Ghosn's first moves at Nissan was a shocker: He decreed that English, not Japanese, would be the official language of the Tokyo company, and he made it known that managers who learned English would advance faster than those who spoke only Japanese.

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