Alternate Names: Hunsriker, Rio Grand Hunsriker
Dialects: Originally derived from Hunsrücker (Westpfälzisch) German speech variety; influenced by Portuguese ,. Several dialects, probably due to being language of intercommunication for many other Germanic language speakers such as Swabian ,, Bavarian , and others as well as immigrants from Switzerland and Austria.
Genealogy:
Demographics: 3,000,000 in Brazil. Ethnic population: 5,000,000.
Language Use: Officially minimized until the 2000’s when it began to be recognized as a language and written with a standardized Latin alphabet. Home, market. Positive attitudes. Also use Portuguese [por], Spanish [spa].
Writing System: Latin
Nation of Origin: Brazil
Other Comments: Emigrated from Germany from 1824 more or less continuously until World War II.