Italian language in Brazil

The Italian language in Brazil has been widespread since the second half of the 19th century, particularly due to Italian emigration to Brazil. Today there are an estimated 26 million descendants of Italians residing in the country;^[1] among them, Italian is estimated to be spoken as a first language by about 50,000 people.^[2] On the other hand, there were 407,924 Italian citizens residing in Brazil in 2013.^[3] In the state of Rio Grande do Sul, a Venetian linguistic island is still active, whose language is called talian (or vêneto brasileiro). Italian is also being learned as a foreign language in Brazil by tens of thousands of students a year, partly due to the descendants of immigrants gradually recovering their origins.^[4]

^ Licata (2009, p. 17)
^ Ethnologue – Brazil. In Colli (2000) it is stated that "a recent survey shows that 14 percent of the immigrants, in their families, still speak the Italian language (the list includes those who have never been to Italy)"; the figure, however, cannot be further verified.
^ Cf. Annuario Statistico 2014, p. 121.
^ Bagna (2011, p. 340)

[1] Licata (2009, p. 17)

[2] Ethnologue – Brazil. In Colli (2000) it is stated that "a recent survey shows that 14 percent of the immigrants, in their families, still speak the Italian language (the list includes those who have never been to Italy)"; the figure, however, cannot be further verified.

[3] Cf. Annuario Statistico 2014, p. 121.

[Bagna_340-4] Bagna (2011, p. 340)

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