2006-09-14 00:01:28 · 18 answers · asked by Suprat 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
Portuguese
2006-09-14 00:03:00 · answer #1 · answered by DeeDee 3 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Like everyone says, the official language is Portuguese. However, hundreds of other languages are spoken.
Indigenous languages
Many Amerindian minority languages are spoken daily throughout the vast national territory of Brazil. Half of these languages are spoken by indigenous peoples, mostly in Northern Brazil. The main indigenous languages are: Nheengatu, Guaranà (also in Paraguay), Kaingang, Nadëb, Carajá, Caribe, Tucano, Arára, Terêna, Borôro, ApalaÃ, Canela and many others.
Immigrant languages
European languages
Still others are spoken by small communities of descendants of immigrants, who are for the most part bilingual, in rural areas of Southern Brazil. A variation of the Hunsrückisch, the Riograndenser Hunsrückisch can be heard some parts of Rio Grande do Sul. Other Brazilian German dialects spoken in Brazil are Pomeranian language, spoken in Pomerode and in Santa Maria de Jetibá and Austrian dialects in Treze TÃlias. In the Serras gaúchas region, we can found Italian dialect such as the Talian, based on the Venetian Language.
Asian languages
In the city of São Paulo, Korean, Chinese and Japanese can be heard in the immigrants districs, like Liberdade.
Bilinguism
English is part of the official high school curriculum, but just a minority achieve any usable degree of fluency. Spanish is understood in various degrees by most Portuguese speakers, due to the similarities of the languages. Spanish is slightly common in the border of Brazil with Spanish-speaking countries and the mixture of Spanish and Portuguese is jokingly known as Portuñol.
2006-09-14 02:07:41 · answer #2 · answered by statistics 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Portuguese
2006-09-14 11:21:06 · answer #3 · answered by just me 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Portuguese
2006-09-14 00:04:02 · answer #4 · answered by 2 shy 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Portuguese
2006-09-14 00:03:45 · answer #5 · answered by Grendle 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Official language is Portugese. Number of languages listed in Brazil is 235. Of these, 188 are living languages and 47 are extinct.
2006-09-14 00:11:44 · answer #6 · answered by Monkey Pichu 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Portuguese (official), Spanish, English, French
2006-09-14 00:09:01 · answer #7 · answered by Thomas V 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Portuguese.
2006-09-14 00:03:54 · answer #8 · answered by Marianna 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Brazilian Portugese, which doesn't differ much from the language spoken in Portugal. There are some small differences between them, like, for example, between British and American English.
2006-09-14 07:04:02 · answer #9 · answered by sagittarius 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Portuguese, some indigenous dialects in the Amazons
2006-09-14 00:05:55 · answer #10 · answered by khalidhamed 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋