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What language do they speak in brazil?

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Minority languages. Despite the fact that Portuguese is the official language of Brazil and the vast majority of Brazilians speak only Portuguese, there are several other languages spoken in the country. read more

According to the president of IBGE (Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics) there are an estimated 210 languages spoken in Brazil. Eighty [citation needed] are Amerindian languages, while the others are languages brought by immigrants. The 1950 Census was the last one to ask Brazilians which language they speak at home. read more

Brazil's large Amerindian community accounts for 215 of the languages in Brazil; however, people who speak these languages are a tiny percentage of the Brazilian population, perhaps 40,000 speakers in a total population of over 202 million. read more

They should call it Brazilian portuguese and not just Portuguese, because it is very different from the original! The differences are way bigger than the differences between English and American English. read more

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