Languages

A comic strip in Portuguese

The main language in Brazil is Portuguese, this is due to Brazil being a colony of Portugal. It is spoken by almost the entire population in Brazil. There are also minority languages in Brazil such as the Indigenous languages. An estimation of 210 languages are spoken in Brazil and among them are 80 indigenous languages. This shows the variety of races there is in Brazil and the multiethnic society that exist in the country. Language, in Brazil, is a key factor which contributes to the unity of the nation. This is because Portuguese is spoken by almost the entire population, in fact, 99.9% of the population, the exceptions being some groups of immigrants. The written language in Brazil differs significantly from the spoken language, Brazilian Portuguese, which are only used by a minority of the population. The grammar in the language is more complicated than languages like English as well as Spanish. These two languages are offered most of the time in schools as well as in private courses.