why do people in Brazil speak Portuguese?
By warrior007
@warrior007 (570)
India
August 8, 2011 9:32am CST
i read a book in past days .there is a question why people in Brazil speak Portuguese i dont know the answer but might i get my answer here from my Brazil and Portuguese friends.
4 responses
@rajeev075 (1961)
• India
8 Aug 11
May be either the portuguese are invader or rule on that part no more reason i feell other than that.........
@warrior007 (570)
• India
9 Aug 11
ya,thats the only reason they ruled on brazil as like britishers ruled on us.but if but if brazilian people speak portuguese so why cant most of the indians speak english?
@owlwings (43910)
• Cambridge, England
8 Aug 11
Brazilians speak Portuguese, because their country is a former Portuguese colony. In fact, there were several treaties signed between Portugal and Spain which apportioned the rights to the newly-discovered lands between the countries.
Brazil became independent of Portugal in 1822, though Portugal did not recognise the fact for another 2 years.
@warrior007 (570)
• India
9 Aug 11
ya you are right portuguese ruled on brazil thats why people of brazil speak portuguese.you have a deep knowledge about this well thanks for the respond.
@earthpanther (148)
• United States
8 Aug 11
This question has a very simple historical answer to it. The people of Brazil speak Portuguese because the Portuguese colonized Brazil beginning in 1500. Much like the Spainairds colonized Mexico, thus Mexicans speak Spanish.
@warrior007 (570)
• India
9 Aug 11
hey you got it right,in 16th century portugal ruled on brazil thats why peoples of brazil speak portuguese.
