There are a total of 228 languages spoken throughout Brazil. Many of those are the languages of indigenous people. Only 11 ...

But Brazilian Portuguese is not yet its own language: perhaps it will be – in about 200 years according to experts– when it amasses the uniqueness that keeps Brazilians from fully understanding what a ...

Brazil's Constitution has been translated for the first time into the indigenous Nheengatu language. The new version of the 35-year-old document was released Wednesday, Agencia Brasil reported.

In the Sao Paulo neighbourhood of Liberdade, samba and Japanese tradition often mix Who would have known that the Okinawan language found a home in Brazil just when it was fading back in Japan?

Brazilian Congress gave final approval Thursday to a bill that makes Spanish a second language in the country's public and private primary schools. The bill awaits now President Luiz Inacio Lula ...

Brazil has the biggest black population of any country outside Nigeria. Over 10 million African slaves were shipped to Brazil, six times more than to the United States. Slaves were prohibited from ...

Brazil has the biggest black population of any country outside Nigeria. Over 10 million African slaves were shipped to Brazil, six times more than to the United States. Slaves were prohibited from ...