Hunsrik
A language of Brazil
| Population | 3,000,000 in Brazil. Ethnic population: 5,000,000 in Brazil. |
| Region | Widespread with high concentrations in Rio Grande do Sul, Santa Catarina, and Paraná. Also in Argentina, Chile, Paraguay, Uruguay. |
| Language map |
Brazil, reference number 176 |
| Alternate names | Hunsriker, Rio Grand Hunsriker |
| Dialects | Originally derived from Hunsrücker (Westpfälzisch) German speech variety; influenced by Portuguese. Several dialects, probably due to being language of communication for many other Germanic language speakers such as Swabian [swg], Bavarian [bar] and others as well as immigrants from Switzerland and Austria. |
| Classification | Indo-European, Germanic |
| Language use | Officially minimized until the 2000’s when it began to be recognized as a language and written with a standardized Latin alphabet. Home, market. Positive attitude. Most also use Portuguese [por] or Spanish [spa]. |
| Comments | Emigrated from Germany from 1824 more or less continuously until World War II. |
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