African languages in Brazil

Authors

  • Margarida Maria Taddoni Petter USP

Keywords:

African languages, African languages in Brazil, Brazilian Portuguese

Abstract

African Languages are special languages, in Brazil nowadays. They have a ritual function in the Afro-Brazilian cults, or a social identification function in their use as secret languages in the communities of Cafundó and Tabatinga. This paper presents the history of the contact of African languages with the Portuguese in Brazil and discusses the participation of African Languages in the constitution of Brazilian Portuguese.

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Author Biography

Margarida Maria Taddoni Petter, USP

Doutora pela USP, é professora do Departamento de Lingüística da FFLCH-USP. Foi de 1981 a 1987 leitora de português na Universidade da Costa do Marfim, onde fez formação em lingüística africana. Participou do projeto coletivo "História das Idéias Lingüísticas: ética e política das línguas", com o artigo "Portugais du Brésil et langues africaines" (com Emilio Bonvini). Integra o projeto" A Participação das Línguas Africanas na Constituição do Português Brasileiro" no âmbito dos acordos internacionais CAPES/COFECUB.

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Published

2005-12-30

How to Cite

Petter, M. M. T. (2005). African languages in Brazil. Gragoatá, 10(19). Retrieved from https://periodicos.uff.br/gragoata/article/view/33263

Issue

Vol. 10 No. 19 (2005): África, new pathways

Section

Literature Articles

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