Religion and Languages Practiced in Brazil

Language:

There are many different languages practiced in Brazil, but the #1 language spoke there is Portuguese. Many people think that that there is only 1 type of Portuguese, but there isn't. There are 2 types of Portuguese.The two main types of Portuguese in terms of language learning are Brazilian Portuguese and Peninsular Portuguese. Brazilian Portuguese is spoken in Brazil, which is a former colony of Portugal, and the largest country in South America. About five centuries ago, Brazilian Portuguese originated in the peninsular type of Portuguese that was spoken by the Portuguese colonizers of Brazil. But over time, Brazilian Portuguese has changed, under the influence of indigenous languages, such as those in the Tupi-Guarani subfamily of Amerindian languages; and of immigrant languages, such as those of Africa, Asia, and Europe.


Religion:

Brazil is 73.6 percent Catholic, 15.4 percent Protestant and the balance is either non-religious or a variety of other religions.

According to the CIA World Factbook, the religions of Brazil are:

• Catholic 73.6%
• Protestant 15.4%
• Spiritualist 1.3%
• Bantu/voodoo 0.3%
• other 1.8%
• unspecified 0.2%
• none 7.4%