What is the second most spoken language in brazil?

Answer 1

After living and working for an American multinational company in São Paulo, Brazil for just over 20 years, I can say that nobody and I mean almost nobody speaks Spanish . . . Therefore, after Portuguese, the most spoken language must be English and even then, English is not spoken too widely! David

Answer 2

Portuguese is both the main spoken and the official language of the South American country of Brazil. But it isn't the only official language on a countrywide basis. For that status is shared with Nheengatu, in the country's far northwest, where Brazil borders Colombia and Venezuela. Nheengatu belongs to the Tupi-Guarani family of indigenous languages of South America.

In fact, in the 18th century, it was more widely known, spoken and understood in the colony than Portuguese. And nowadays it's one of 180 known Amerindian languages in Brazil. But not one of the other Amerindian languages has anywhere near the historical or current numbers of speakers of Nheengatu.

Additionally, Brazil is a country of immigrants from the rest of the Americas; and from Africa, Asia, Australia, and Europe. Some of the original languages are lost with the youngest descendants of such immigrants. In other cases, the descendants are bilingual in Portuguese and in the original languages of their ancestors.

For example, there are families where Portuguese is spoken outside the home; and French, German, Greek, Italian, Japanese, Russian or Spanish is spoken inside. In fact, just about any language - be it one of the many African or Asian languages - finds a speaker who is a native, or the descendant of a native, in Brazil.
They speak in Portuguese.
We Brazilians speak Brazilian Portuguese.
For the most part, yes. It is the country's official language.
Portuguese
Portuguese. See the following page: http://countrystudies.us/brazil/39.htm
People in Brazil mostly speak French but also speak English sometimes aswell.
The official language of Brazil is Portuguese. Native languages still existing include Guarani Mbyá, Wajãpi, Tapirapé, Tuyuka, and Parintintin (among others).
Brazilian Portuguese is the official language.
Mostly Portuguese, though, they do have their own 'version' (like the Spanish in Mexico or Argentina).

Brazil speaks one official language, Portuguese. If they don't speak Portuguese, they either speak Spanish, English or French.

People in Brazil Speak Portuguese
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portuguese
Brazilian
The dominant language in Brazil is Brazilian Portuguese. While both French and German are far less useful than B. Portuguese, a larger minority of Brazilians speak German than French.
Portugese. Brazil was a colony of Portugal.
1. Portugese (offcial language) 99%

2. English 0.5%

3. Spanish 0.5%
The vast majority of Brazilians speak in Portuguese, which is the country's official language. Portuguese is categorized as a Romance type of language. For it traces its origins back to the long-ago interactions between the Latin language of the ancient Roman conquerors and the ancient languages of Iberia. From its location on the Iberian Peninsula, Portugal spread its language throughout the world, through colonization of countries in Africa, the Americas, and Asia. In the course of its successful transplant and naturalization outside of Portugal, the language underwent changes in each country that it became the means of communication. And one such place where these changes took place was in Brazil, as a former colony of Portugal. For example, Brazilian Portuguese shows the influence of its interaction with indigenouslanguages, such as Tupi; with other imported languages, such as those of Africa; and with the countries of South America, in which the official language is Spanish. And so Brazilian Portuguese may be typed as a Romance language. But it's a Romance language that reflects the new influences of African and American languages, and the continued influence of other languages of its native Iberia, such as Spanish.
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no. the official language of Brazil is Portuguese because the country was first conquered by the country of Portugal in 1654.
No, Spanish isn't the official language in Brazil. The official language is Portuguese. Brazil was colonized by speakers of the Portuguese language of Portugal. Most of the rest of Latin America was colonized by speakers of the Spanish language of Spain.
No, the official language of Brazil is Portuguese
No, the official language of Brazil is Portuguese.
No, it is Portuguese - speaking.
No Portuguese
No, Spanish isn't the language of Brazil. It's spoken or understood by people in Brazil. But the main, most widely spoken and understood language in Brazil is Brazilian Portuguese.
No. Spanish is spoken by many Brazilians, but not by a majority. The primary language of Brazil is the Brazilian form of the Portuguese language.
Brazilian Portuguese. No spanish, no french
Portuguese is the prevailing language in Brazil. English and Spanish are also spoken there by many people, but most Brazilians primarily speak Portuguese. Brazil was formerly a colony of Portugal.
Portuguese. Brazil speaks what's known as the Brazilian Portuguese dialect, and Portugal speaks the European Portuguese dialect. They're understandable if you speak the language, but sound completely different.
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Portuguese
Portuguese
Portuguese
Portuguese. Brazilian Portuguese, if you want to get specific.
Portuguese.
Portuguese with Brazilian Accent
Brazilians speak Portuguese
Portuguese is still the Brazilian official Language.
The official language is Portuguese.
in brasil they speak porteguese
Yes
Portuguese
Portuguese
No, Portuguese is the official language in Brazil; but French is the official of French Guiana, just north of Brazil.
Portuguese is Brazils native language.
Portuguese is the official language of Brazil
Brazilian people speak Brazilian Portuguese
The language of Brazil is Brazilian Portuguese.
Brazil is the only country in South America that speaks Portuguese as the national language. This goes back to the 1500s, when all of South America was being colonized by Spain, France, Holland, England, and Portugal. The Spanish and Portuguese repelled and routed the other colonizing nations from almost every corner of the continent.. To this day, Spanish and Portuguese are the dominant languages of South America.
Portuguese.

They also speak Portuguese, Spanish, and some English.
Portuguese.

The particular variation is called Brasilero by some linguists.
Portuguese
Portuguese
Portuguese is the native language of Brazil.
Brazil was colognized by Portugal, that's why.
The language spoken in Brazil is Portuguese.
The offical language of Brazil is Portuguese.
Yes, Brazil's main language is Portuguese but it is possible to find people speaking other languages in Brazil such as English, Spanish, and French.
portuguese
talk Spanish or Engels but in a different accent
See related link for maore information
Portugues is the official language
Brazil only speaks Portuguese
Portuguese
portuguese
Portuguese is the European language that's the official language of Brazil. It's the most widely spoken, and understood, language throughout the country. It's the language of the country's first European explorers and settlers.
Its Portugese
Spanish.
The primary language in Brazil is the Brazilian form of Portuguese. Many of the native peoples still speak their own languages. In major cities you may find a small percentage of English speakers and immigrant descendants from recent Immigration that speak their ancestors´ languages (Arabic, Chinese, Korean etc.). In some regions you may find immigrant descendants from old immigration concentration that still speak their ancestors´ languages, like Armenian, German, Japanese, Italian, Spanish etc..

Spanish is spoken by many as a second language.
Portuguese
The official language of Brazil is Portuguese. Therefore in São Paulo its residents (Paulistas) speak Portuguese (the Brazilian Portuguese dialect, not the European Portuguese dialect). Well, they may speak other languages as well, but that is the language in daily use.
Brazil's national language is Portuguese
No.
1o. Portuguese

2o. English
Brazilian Portuguese.
Contrary to popular belief, we speak (Brazilian) Portuguese.
There´s only one language in Brazil:Portuguese.

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There is only one OFFICIAL language in Brazil: Portuguese; however there still exist several native Indians' tribes (in fact, they do not make up a large percentual of the population and some/many prefer to keep living in their forest areas) who use their own languages and/or dialects, besides other groups of foreign origin, that keep speaking theirs too, although Portuguese is compulsory anyway.
The official language of Brazil is Portuguese.

Portuguese. Most other South American countries speak Spanish, except for Guyana (English) and Suriname (Dutch).

Portuguese
Portuguese
The official language of Brazil is Portuguese. Brazilian Portuguese which is slightly different from European (Portugal) Portuguese.
Portugues
the official language is Portuguese but they speak many other languages

too.
Portuguese
Portuguese is the official language. Brazilian Portuguese is considered to be a separate from European Portuguese (the dialect spoken in Portugal).
(Brazilian) Portuguese.
The official language in Brazil is Portuguese (usually called Brazilian Portuguese, as it is substantially different from the Portuguese language spoken in Portugal). It is the only language used in schools, newspapers, radio and TV.

A small percentage of the population (definitely not more than 10%, more like 5% or so) can speak English, and a bit less can speak Spanish.
ther is only one language which is portaguese
Brazilian Portuguese :D
potrogesse
The national language is Portuguese, and everyone speaks it. But there's also a lot of obscure Indian languages from the Indian tribes who lived in Brazil before the Portuguese arrived. I think there's over a hundred still being used today.

The best known and most widespread of the native languages belong to the Tupi-Guarani language family. In fact, the language family's speakers particularly are found on both sides of the Brazilian-Paraguayan border. In the way of another fact, the language group claimed more speakers than Portuguese did, in early 19th century Brazil.
The official language is Portugese... However, there are a multitude of tribal languages spoken by the indigenous peoples - and there may still be others untouched by modern contact.
Officially only one (Brazilian Portuguese) but actually the language spoken daily differs substantially from the standard Brazilian Portuguese and from region to region of Brazil to the point that some consider then as almost distinct dialects altough for the most part still intelegible between thenselfs.

In soutern Brazil (Santa Catarina and Rio Grande do Sul states) its spoken also "creolle" versions of Italian and German (or some of their dialects) but younger generations tend to adopt the local variation o Brazilian portuguese as first language only speaking those "creole" languages as second oens, to keep traditions.
The official and most spoken language is Portuguese. Other languages are mainly spoken in certain areas.

The three most common other languages are:

Japanese - mainly near the coast

German (including the version spoken 200 years ago) - mainly in the south

Italian - mainly in the south

Other less spoken languages are:

Pomeranian - mainly in the south

Hungarian - mainly in the south

Native languages with over 5,000 speakers still spoken in areas of Brazil are:

Baniwa

Guajajara

Kayapó

Sateré-Mawé

Makixi

Kaingang

Terena

Ticuna

Xavante

Yanomami

Guarani

They speak Portuguese, But some of the population know some English as well.
I don't knowbitch
portugese
Due to a wide range of immigrants from many countries, many languages are spoken in Brazil, but only in selected communities of immigrant people. The official language is the portuguese. Mostly, practically only the portuguese is spoken in Brazil, with regional differences but they are little ones. German, Italian, Japanese, dutch, English and french are some of the main languages spoken by immigrant people and their descendants, and by Brazilian persons who study and learn how to speak those foreign languages.
The official and most spoken language is Portuguese. Other languages are mainly spoken in certain areas.

The three most common other languages are:

Japanese - mainly near the coast

German (including the version spoken 200 years ago) - mainly in the south

Italian - mainly in the south

Other less spoken languages are:

Pomeranian - mainly in the south

Hungarian - mainly in the south

Native languages with over 5,000 speakers still spoken in areas of Brazil are:

Baniwa

Guajajara

Kayapó

Sateré-Mawé

Makixi

Kaingang

Terena

Ticuna

Xavante

Yanomami

Guarani
The official language of Brazil is Portuguese. Nheengatu is the language spoken by native of Brazil.
Portugese
Portuguese is spoken by the native citizens, but there are immigrants who speak their native language, mainly Japanese, English, German, dutch, spanish,Italian,french and others. Mostly of the Brazilian people speak only portuguese.
Porteguese
Portuguese with Brazilian Accent
well usually in Brazil most people might speak their Brazilian language most of the time but if they meet other people from other countries then they might speak english to them since the ones from the other countries don't know their Brazilian language.
The majority of the population speaks Portuguese. In certain areas there are pockets of people that speak Japanese, Italian, and German, as well as a few other languages. But the only one you can assume everyone you meet speaks is Portuguese.
they speak potugese and spanish
Portuguese is the official language of Brazil, and is spoken by more than 99% of the population. Minority languages include indigenous languages, and languages of more recent European and Asian immigrants. The population speaks or signs approximately 210 languages, of which 80 are indigenous.
Brazilians speak Brazilian Portuguese which is a little different than European Portuguese. Just as American English is different from England's, or Irelands. They're dialects of each other.

Brazilian Portuguese is also more nasal than European Portuguese, and more clear to the ear.
portuguese
Portuguese is the national language in Brazil. In 2003 Nheengatu, an indigenous language of South America, was granted co-official status with Portuguese in the municipality of Sao Gabriel da Cachoeira [St. Gabriel of Waterfall]. Sao Gabriel is on the north shores of the Rio Negro [Black River] in the Region of Cabeca do Cachorro [Dog's Head] in the state of Amazonas. Sao Gabriel is the northernmost city of Amazonas.
Portuguese.
The Portuguese is the official language of the Federative Republic of Brazil. However, many other languages are spoken due to the extensive number of immigrants that helped to build up the modern Brazil of today.
76% of Brazilians speak Portugese. So, yes the majority do.
Yes, Portuguese is Brazil's national language. It's the official language. It also is the main language that's spoken and understood throughout Brazil.
Brazil
Brazilians speak Portuguese, which is the official language of Brazil.
They speak a dialect of Portuguese. Brazilian Portuguese.
Portuguese
They speak Portuguese
Brazilian Portuguese
portuguese
From what I know Brazilians speak Portuguese.
Most Brazilian people speak Portuguese.
Brazilian Portuguese

The Brazilian people speaks portuguese that is the same language spoken in Portugal and some other countries but with differences on a lot of words, but basically Portugal and Brazil speak the same portuguese language.

Portuguese is the official language ofBrazil.
Portugeese
Most Brazilians speak Portuguese. There are differences between the Portuguese of Portugal, and that of Brazil. And so the latter tends to be ka Brazilian Portuguese.
Brazillian
Portuguese is the official language, and the one most widely spoken, in Brazil. The only other official language is Nheengatu, which is a member of the Tupi-Guarani branch of native Amerindian languages. And Nheengatu has that status only in the city of Sao Gabriel de Cachoeira, which is a municipality in Cabeca do Cachorro, in the northwestern Brazilian state of Amazonas. Otherwise, Brazil is a melting pot of the world's cultures, ethicities and languages. So just about any language in the world, from Serbo-Croatian to one of the African languages, may find its representation in South America's largest country. But major immigrant groups include German, Italian, Japanese, and Spanish.

Answer 3

Nheengatu is co-official second language in Brazil. The official language of Brazil is Portuguese. In 2003 Nheengatu, an indigenous language of South America, was granted co-official status with Portuguese in the municipality of Sao Gabriel da Cachoeira [St. Gabriel of Waterfall]. Sao Gabriel is on the north shores of the Rio Negro [Black River] in the Region of Cabeca do Cachorro [Dog's Head] in the state of Amazonas. Sao Gabriel is the northernmost city of Amazonas.

Answer 4

The vast majority of Brazilians speak in Portuguese, which is the country's official language. Portuguese is categorized as a Romance type of language. For it traces its origins back to the long-ago interactions between the Latin language of the ancient Roman conquerors and the ancient languages of Iberia. From its location on the Iberian Peninsula, Portugal spread its language throughout the world, through colonization of countries in Africa, the Americas, and Asia. In the course of its successful transplant and naturalization outside of Portugal, the language underwent changes in each country that it became the means of communication. And one such place where these changes took place was in Brazil, as a former colony of Portugal. For example, Brazilian Portuguese shows the influence of its interaction with indigenouslanguages, such as Tupi; with other imported languages, such as those of Africa; and with the countries of South America, in which the official language is Spanish. And so Brazilian Portuguese may be typed as a Romance language. But it's a Romance language that reflects the new influences of African and American languages, and the continued influence of other languages of its native Iberia, such as Spanish.

Answer 5

Other languages that Brazilians speak are Amerindianlanguages. An Amerindian language that's recognized by the national government for its importance to the country is Nheengatu, which is in the Tupi-Guarani family of languages. Nheengatu's special recognition is valid only in Sao Gabriel de Cachoeira, which is in Cabeca do Cachorro, in the northwestern part of the Brazilian state of Amazonas. Other spoken languages include Asian languages, such as Chinese, Japanese, and South Korean. And still other spoken languages include European languages, such as English; French; German; Italian; Polish; Spanish; and Ukrainian.

Answer 6

No. Portuguese is both the main spoken and the official language of the South American country of Brazil. But it isn't the only official language on a countrywide basis. For that status is shared with Nheengatu, in the country's far northwest, where Brazil borders Colombia and Venezuela. Nheengatu belongs to the Tupi-Guarani family of indigenous languages of South America. In fact, in the 18th century, it was more widely known, spoken and understood in the colony than Portuguese. And nowadays it's one of 180 known Amerindian languages in Brazil. But not one of the other Amerindian languages has anywhere near the historical or current numbers of speakers of Nheengatu. Additionally, Brazil is a country of immigrants from the rest of the Americas; and from Africa, Asia, Australia, and Europe. Some of the original languages are lost with the youngest descendants of such immigrants. In other cases, the descendants are bilingual in Portuguese and in the original languages of their ancestors. For example, there are families where Portuguese is spoken outside the home; and French, German, Greek, Italian, Japanese, Russian or Spanish is spoken inside. In fact, just about any language - be it one of the many African or Asian languages - finds a speaker who is a native, or the descendant of a native, in Brazil.

Answer 7

Portuguese is the official language, and the one most widely spoken, in Brazil. The only other official language is Nheengatu, which is a member of the Tupi-Guarani branch of native Amerindian languages. And Nheengatu has that status only in the city of Sao Gabriel de Cachoeira, which is a municipality in Cabeca do Cachorro, in the northwestern Brazilian state of Amazonas. Otherwise, Brazil is a melting pot of the world's cultures, ethicities and languages. So just about any language in the world, from Serbo-Croatian to one of the African languages, may find its representation in South America's largest country. But major immigrant groups include German, Italian, Japanese, and Spanish.

Answer 8

No, Spanish isn't the language of Brazil. It's spoken or understood by people in Brazil. But the main, most widely spoken and understood language in Brazil is Brazilian Portuguese.

Answer 9

The 1 official language of Brazil is Portuguese, which is also the national language, spoken by more than 95% of the population.

However, there are people from all over the world living in Brazil, as well as many communities who speak native languages.

English and Spanish are the most popular foreign languages in Brazil.

The main sign language of Brazil is called Libras, and it is highly developed.

Here is a list of all 235 languages spoken in Brazil including minority languages:

1. Acroá
   
2. Agavotaguerra
   
3. Aikanã
   
4. Amahuaca
   
5. Amanayé
   
6. Amundava
   
7. Anambé
   
8. Apalaí
   
9. Apiaká
   
10. Apinayé
    
11. Apurinã
    
12. Arapaso
    
13. Arára, Mato Grosso
    
14. Arára, Pará
    
15. Araweté
    
16. Arikapú
    
17. Arikem
    
18. Aruá
    
19. Arutani
    
20. Ashéninka, Ucayali-Yurúa
    
21. Asurini of Xingu
    
22. Asurini, Tocantins
    
23. Atorada
    
24. Aurá
    
25. Avá-Canoeiro
    
26. Awetí
    
27. Bakairí
    
28. Baniwa
    
29. Borôro
    
30. Brazilian Sign Language (Libras)
    
31. Cafundo Creole
    
32. Caló
    
33. Canela
    
34. Carib
    
35. Cashinahua
    
36. Chiripá
    
37. Cinta Larga
    
38. Cocama-Cocamilla
    
39. Cubeo
    
40. Curripaco
    
41. Dâw
    
42. Dení
    
43. Desano
    
44. Dutch
    
45. Enawené-Nawé
    
46. Gavião do Jiparaná
    
47. Gavião, Pará
    
48. Guajá
    
49. Guajajára
    
50. Guana
    
51. Guanano
    
52. Guaraní, Mbyá
    
53. Guarequena
    
54. Guató
    
55. Himarimã
    
56. Hixkaryána
    
57. Hunsrik
    
58. Hupdë
    
59. Iapama
    
60. Iatê
    
61. Ikpeng
    
62. Ingarikó
    
63. Irántxe
    
64. Jabutí
    
65. Jamamadí
    
66. Júma
    
67. Jurúna
    
68. Kaapor
    
69. Kaapor Sign Language
    
70. Kabixí
    
71. Kadiwéu
    
72. Kaimbé
    
73. Kaingang
    
74. Kaingáng, São Paulo
    
75. Kaiwá
    
76. Kamakan
    
77. Kamayurá
    
78. Kamba
    
79. Kambiwá
    
80. Kanamarí
    
81. Kanoé
    
82. Kapinawá
    
83. Karahawyana
    
84. Karajá
    
85. Karapanã
    
86. Karipúna
    
87. Karipúna Creole French
    
88. Karirí-Xocó
    
89. Karitiâna
    
90. Karo
    
91. Katawixi
    
92. Katukína
    
93. Katukína, Panoan
    
94. Kaxararí
    
95. Kaxuiâna
    
96. Kayabí
    
97. Kayapó
    
98. Kepkiriwát
    
99. Korubo
    
100. Krahô
     
101. Krenak
     
102. Kreye
     
103. Krinkati-Timbira
     
104. Kuikúro-Kalapálo
     
105. Kulina
     
106. Kulina Pano
     
107. Kuruáya
     
108. Kwaza
     
109. Lakondê
     
110. Latundê
     
111. Machinere
     
112. Macuna
     
113. Macushi
     
114. Makuráp
     
115. Mamaindé
     
116. Mandahuaca
     
117. Mapidian
     
118. Maquiritari
     
119. Maritsauá
     
120. Marúbo
     
121. Matipuhy
     
122. Matís
     
123. Matsés
     
124. Maxakalí
     
125. Mehináku
     
126. Miraña
     
127. Miriti
     
128. Mondé
     
129. Morerebi
     
130. Mundurukú
     
131. Nadëb
     
132. Nambikuára, Southern
     
133. Nhengatu
     
134. Ninam
     
135. Nukuini
     
136. Ofayé
     
137. Omagua
     
138. Oro Win
     
139. Oti
     
140. Otuke
     
141. Pakaásnovos
     
142. Palikúr
     
143. Panará
     
144. Pankararé
     
145. Pankararú
     
146. Papavô
     
147. Parakanã
     
148. Paranawát
     
149. Parecís
     
150. Pataxó Hã-Ha-Hãe
     
151. Paumarí
     
152. Pemon
     
153. Pirahã
     
154. Piratapuyo
     
155. Plautdietsch
     
156. Pokangá
     
157. Portuguese
     
158. Potiguára
     
159. Poyanáwa
     
160. Puri
     
161. Puruborá
     
162. Rikbaktsa
     
163. Sabanês
     
164. Sakirabiá
     
165. Salumá
     
166. Sanumá
     
167. Sateré-Mawé
     
168. Sharanahua
     
169. Shenenawa
     
170. Sikiana
     
171. Siriano
     
172. Suruahá
     
173. Suruí
     
174. Suruí do Pará
     
175. Suyá
     
176. Talian
     
177. Tapeba
     
178. Tapirapé
     
179. Tariana
     
180. Tawandê
     
181. Tembé
     
182. Tenharim
     
183. Terêna
     
184. Ticuna
     
185. Tingui-Boto
     
186. Torá
     
187. Tremembé
     
188. Trió
     
189. Truká
     
190. Trumai
     
191. Tucano
     
192. Tukumanféd
     
193. Tuparí
     
194. Tupí
     
195. Tupinambá
     
196. Tupinikin
     
197. Turiwára
     
198. Tuxá
     
199. Tuxináwa
     
200. Tuyuca
     
201. Uamué
     
202. Umotína
     
203. Uru-Eu-Wau-Wau
     
204. Urumi
     
205. Uru-Pa-In
     
206. Waimaha
     
207. Waimiri-Atroarí
     
208. Waiwai
     
209. Wajiara
     
210. Wakoná
     
211. Wapishana
     
212. Wasu
     
213. Waurá
     
214. Wayampi
     
215. Wayana
     
216. Wayoró
     
217. Wiraféd
     
218. Xakriabá
     
219. Xavánte
     
220. Xerénte
     
221. Xetá
     
222. Xipaya
     
223. Xipináwa
     
224. Xiriâna
     
225. Xokleng
     
226. Xukurú
     
227. Yabaâna
     
228. Yalakalore
     
229. Yaminahua
     
230. Yanomámi
     
231. Yanomamö
     
232. Yawalapití
     
233. Yawanawa
     
234. Yuhup
     
235. Zo'é

Answer 10

1 is Portuguese and the other 1 is English