Our Languages

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1970

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20 minutes

Summary

Part of the Indians in Brazil series, Our Languages relates the historic repression of indigenous languages in Brazil. Many Indian languages were nearly lost thanks to missionaries and merchants - who rewarded Indians for learning Portuguese with status and material gifts - and government-sponsored schools that punished children for speaking in their native tongues.

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Original NameNossas Linguas (Our Languages)

StatusReleased

LanguagePortuguês

Spoken LanguagesPortuguês

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