Languages of Brazil

[bandeirante]

Its always a surprise to me to see how many native languages Brazil has, despite mostly are spoken by 200-600 people, thats still crazy.

Its also interesting how German is the most spoken language after Portuguese, guys 1.5 milion standart german more 3-5 milion hunsruk speakers thats a lot! Brazil probably has more german speakers than any other country outside Europe? More than USA? Anyway, Brazil even has its onw german language, Hunsruk could be compared to Afrikanner in South Africa. Also 4 milion Talian speakers thats another a big number, its comparable to NZ population and more than the Boer population of Africa. Talian could also be compared to Afrikanner since it also has its peculiarities and not equal to italian.

I dont know if it could be considered different languages/dialects, but some closed rural areas speak with strong influences from Medieval Portuguese, they say Tchuva instead of Chuva("xuva") and Barrer instead of Varrer.

vc realmente acredita nisso?

[Tooting Carmen]

vc realmente acredita nisso?

Although there are more Italian and Spanish descendants in Brazil than German ones, the difference is that the latter have generally been a lot more isolationist and thus have kept up their ancestral language(s) compared to the former.

[bandeirante]

Although there are more Italian and Spanish descendants in Brazil than German ones, the difference is that the latter have generally been a lot more isolationist and thus have kept up their ancestral language(s) compared to the former.

https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Campan...a%C3%A7%C3%A3o

[Tenma de Pegasus]

vc realmente acredita nisso?

Acredito parcialmente, mas alguem user do Sul, Sudeste e do Centro Oeste deve opinar melhor do que eu.

[Adamastor]

95% of Brazilians only speak Portuguese, the immigrant and indigenous languages are very minoritary due to policies of Brazilian fascist dictator Getúlio Vargas.

[Tooting Carmen]

95% of Brazilians only speak Portuguese, the immigrant and indigenous languages are very minoritary due to policies of Brazilian fascist dictator Getúlio Vargas.

Is that a good thing in your opinion or not?

[Adamastor]

Is that a good thing in your opinion or not?

Bad, I can see a future in which more Brazilians will be bilingual. Portuguese-Talian and Portuguese + some Indigenous language are the more possible outcomes. We should just avoid 'anglicization' of our common day to day language and close English schools though. But I'm fine with languages with deep roots here like Indigenous and Italian ones.

[Tooting Carmen]

Bad, I can see a future in which more Brazilians will be bilingual. Portuguese-Talian and Portuguese + some Indigenous language are the more possible outcomes. We should just avoid 'anglicization' of our common day to day language and close English schools though. But I'm fine with languages with deep roots here like Indigenous and Italian ones.

Welcome back btw.

[bandeirante]

You are correct, but just saying if we consider germanic peoples together they are not far behind, for example over 500.000 immigrants to Brazil were germans plus austrian plus swiss. A big part of all this people label themselves as germanic and also part speak Hunsrik. I would say german immigrants had an way higher fertility rate due to its rural character than spaniards that were mostly in urban areas.

Last semester I did a thread about the 750.000 invisible spaniard immigrants, I saw them for the first time on the midia on a spanish novel about a galician ship to Brazil called Alto Mar. I never saw this group being represented on brazilian novela or any other brazilian midia. There is also a big naval disaster with them called Titanic Brasileiro when 1200 spaniards colided with a rock and sunked during a big Storm in São Paulo Coast. Few survived. Today, I would say Brazil has slight over 15 milion Spain descendants, not considering the colonial iberian mixes that would be much more dozens of milions.

o interessante que essa serie espanhola fala do rio de janeiro não da costa de são paulo hahahahahaha

[Tooting Carmen]

Yes, there are 3,000,000 speakers of Hunsrik in Brazil, in addition to speakers of Standard German, Plautdietsch and Pomeranian.