what language is spoken in brazil

The primary language spoken in Brazil is Portuguese, which is spoken by 98% of the population. Portuguese is the official and national language of Brazil and is widely spoken by most of the population. Brazil is the most populous Portuguese-speaking country in the world, with its lands comprising the majority of Portugal’s former colonial holdings in the Americas. Brazilian Portuguese has had its own development, influenced by other European languages such as Italian and German in the South and Southeast, and several indigenous languages all across the country. Other languages spoken in Brazil include German, Italian, and hundreds of indigenous tongues. German is the second most widely spoken language in Brazil, with around 3 million speakers, mostly in southern Brazil. Italian is spoken by some 1 million Brazilians, mostly in immigrant communities of southern Brazil. Brazilian Italian even has its own name: Talian. Brazil is home to many other minority languages, due to migration patterns over the past few centuries.