Brazilian German

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Brazilian German
Native to	Brazil
Language family	Indo-European Germanic West Germanic Elbe Germanic and North Sea Germanic High and Low German Brazilian German
Writing system	Latin script (German alphabet) German Braille
Official status
Official language in	Brazil[2][3] 17 municipalities Antônio Carlos Santa Maria do Herval Domingos Martins Itarana Laranja da Terra Pancas Santa Maria de Jetibá Vila Pavão Itueta Espigão d'Oeste Pomerode Canguçu Ipumirim Treze Tílias Barão Westfália São João do Oeste
Language codes
ISO 639-3	(partially included in pdt (Plautdietsch), hrx (Hunsrik), nds (Low German, more specifically East Pomeranian in Brazil))

The languages spoken by German Brazilians, High German and Low German, together form a significant minority language in Brazil. "Brazilian German" is strongly influenced by Portuguese and to a lesser extent by Italian dialects as well as indigenous languages. High German and Low Saxon/Low German dialects and other Germanic languages are particularly strong in Brazil's South and Southeast Regions.

German speakers from Germany, Switzerland and Austria make up the largest group of immigrants after Portuguese and Italian speakers. They tended to preserve their language longer than the speakers of Italian, which is closer to Portuguese. Consequently, German and Low Saxon/German was the second most common family language in Brazil at the 1940 census. However, even in areas that are still dominated by German speakers, most are bilingual. Today, (Low-) German is increasingly cultivated as a cultural heritage, and several municipalities have recently given co-official status with Portuguese to one Brazilian variant or another of it.

The language Hunsrik or Riograndenser Hunsrückisch is the most significant variant. It is particularly well represented in the two southernmost states, Rio Grande do Sul and Santa Catarina. But especially in Espírito Santo there are significant pockets whose dialect is based on East Low German (East Pomeranian),^[4][3] and some other dialects can be found locally due to 20th century immigration.