Línguas africanas no Brasil

Authors

  • Margarida Maria Taddoni Petter Universidade de São Paulo. Faculdade de Filosofia, Letras e Ciências Humanas. Departamento de Linguística

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.2526-303X.v0i27-28p63-89

Keywords:

African languages, African languages in Brazil, Ritual languages, African-origin lexical itens, Brazilian Portuguese.

Abstract

This paper presents a brief history of the contact between African languages and Portuguese, aiming at discussing the influence these languages had on the constitution of present-day Brazilian Portuguese. African languages have a special status in Brazil today: they are solely used in Afro-Brazilian religious ceremonies, and act as a “secret language” in the communities of Cafundó and Tabatinga, whose function is one of social identification.

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Published

2007-12-09

Issue

No. 27-28 (2007)

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PETTER, Margarida Maria Taddoni. Línguas africanas no Brasil. África, [S. l.], n. 27-28, p. 63–89, 2007. DOI: 10.11606/issn.2526-303X.v0i27-28p63-89. Disponível em: https://revistas.usp.br/africa/article/view/96063. Acesso em: 7 feb. 2026.