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Luxembourg Brazilian

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Luxembourg Luxembourg Brazilian Brazil
Total population
estimated 50.000 Luxembourg Brazilians[1]
Regions with significant populations
Brazil:

Mainly Southern and Southeastern Brazil

Languages

Predominantly Portuguese. Minority speak French and German or Luxembourgish.

Religion

Christianity, Roman Catholic

Related ethnic groups

Other White Brazilian, German Brazilian, Belgian Brazilian, French Brazilian

Luxembourg Brazilian is a Brazilian person of full, partial, or predominantly Luxembourgian ancestry, or a Luxembourg-born person immigrant in Brazil. There are an estimated 50.000 Brazilians of partial Luxembourgian descent.

Luxembourgish immigration to Brazil occurred mainly around 1828, when nearly 1.000 Luxembourgers settled there.[2]

See also

References

  1. ^ (French) Wey, Claude (2002). "L’émigration luxembourgeoise vers l’Argentine" (PDF). CDMH. http://www.cdmh.lu/resources/pdf/_base_documents/3108332430.pdf. Retrieved 2007-06-25. 
  2. ^ "De L'Etat à la nation 1839-1989" Imprimeries St. Paul p. 145

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