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German speakers from Germany, Switzerland and Austria make up the largest group of immigrants after Portuguese and Italian speakers. They tended to preserve their language longer than the speakers of Italian, which is closer to Portuguese. Consequently, German and Low Saxon/German was the second most common family language in Brazil at the 1940 ...
Beginning May 2013 Brazil celebrates the "Year of Germany in Brazil". Just in time for German Unity Day on 3 October 2012 the world-famous Christ the Redeemer monument in Rio de Janeiro was illuminated in Germany's national colors of black, red and gold to point towards this awaited event. The motto of the year is "Germany and Brazil – when ...
With German immigration to Brazil, over the past two centuries, German dialects have also come to establish themselves as a regional language.However, something curious happened: while in Germany standard German served for speakers of different dialects to communicate, in Brazil, due to the still incipient consolidation of standard German when immigration started, this role was played by the ...
Brazil (German is a statewide cultural language in Espírito Santo and Rio Grande do Sul; Standard German official in 2 municipalities and non-standard German dialects official in 16 others) [10] [11] Czech Republic (national minority language) [5] [9] [12]
In case you didn't know, it was the first time Brazil lost on home turf in 62 matches. If that's not bad enough, it was also the most humiliating loss of the 2014 FIFA World Cup with a final score ...
The Brazilian Sign Language (Libras) is the sign language used by deaf people in Brazilian urban centers [29] and legally recognized as a means of communication and expression. [ 30 ] [ 31 ] It is derived both from an autochthonous sign language, which is native to the region or territory in which it lives, and from French sign language ...
The caipirinha, Brazil's national drink, is now Germany's national cocktail and Germany has become the top importer of cachaça. Samba and capoeira are also flourishing in Germany. Brazilian-Portuguese language church services can also be found in most major cities. There are numerous organizations, and societies have formed in Germany.
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