Native language of Brazil

Portuguese is the official language of Brazil, and is spoken by more than 99% of the population. The population speaks or signs of approximately 210 languages, of which 180 are indigenous. Less than forty thousand people actually speak any indigenous languages in the Brazilian territory. Until today, German is the second language most spoken or language mother in second place in the country. The variations are declining as a result of the media, especially national television networks that are seen by the majority of Brazilians. The written language, which is uniform in all Brazil, follows the national rules of spelling and accent which is reviewed from time to time for the simplification

Influence of other languages

The development of Brazilian Portuguese has been influenced by other languages which have been in contact: first of all the Amerindian languages of the original inhabitants, then the various African languages spoken by slaves, and finally the subsequent European and Asian immigrants. Although the vocabulary is still predominantly Portuguese, the influence of other languages is evident in the lexicon of Brazil, that today includes, for example, hundreds of words of Tupi-Guarani origin relating to flora and local fauna; many Yoruba words related to food, religious concepts and musical expressions; and the fields of modern technology and trade English terms