Brazil - One Country, Multiple Languages (HBO)
10+
2021
Documentaries
History & Civilizations

Resistance Languages

Season 1, Episode 3

: The encounter between the Portuguese language and indigenous and African languages involved conflict and death. How did these languages survive during hundreds of years of Portuguese domination? What other languages emerged from there?

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Brazil - One Country, Multiple Languages (HBO)
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Brazil - One Country, Multiple Languages (HBO)

Spoken in 11 languages plus variants of Brazilian Portuguese, the series is an opportunity to think about Brazil, its identity and diversity. Do Brazilians still speak Portuguese or is there already a Brazilian language?

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Episodes

Um Brasil de Muitas Línguas
1. Um Brasil de Muitas Línguas

While 98% of the Brazilian population speaks the same language, Portuguese, Braz...

Brazilian Portuguese
2. Brazilian Portuguese

The Portuguese language, when it arrived in Brazil, expanded, gaining new vocabu...

Resistance Languages
3. Resistance Languages

How did indigenous and African languages survive during hundreds of years of Por...

Which Future?
4. Which Future?

In Brazil, is Portuguese still spoken or is there already a Brazilian language?

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