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Riograndenser Hunsrückisch (
Portuguese:
hunsriqueano riograndense) is a
Brazilian variation of the
German dialect
Hunsrückisch, which is originally from the
Hunsrück region of
Germany (
Rhineland-Palatinate). Riograndenser Hunsrückisch has been spoken and developing in Brazil for almost two hundred years and has been greatly influenced by other German dialects (such as
Pomeranian or
Pommersch-Platt and
Plautdietsch) and also by other immigrant languages (such as
Portuguese and
Italian or
Talian).
(Talian is a uniquely Brazilian form of Italian that emerged in the
Italian settled, traditional wine-producing region of
Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.) Here is an example of the Talian influence in Riograndenser Hunsrückisch: "Awa wie kann das doch sin, Polenta mit Rinsfleisch?" "-Ecco, hait hon mea Polenta mit Rinsfleisch!"
Portuguese expressions and words are commonly imported into Riograndenser Hunsrückisch, particularly in reference to fauna and flora (which are different from that of Germany) and to technological innovations that didn't exist when the original immigrants came to Brazil, leading to words like
Aviong (for airplane, instead of Flugzeug),
Kamiong (truck),
Televisaum, etc. Daily expressions are often literal translations of Portuguese, such as
Alles gut? (literally "everything good?", modeled in Portuguese "tudo bem", instead of European German "
wie geht's"). Also common are the use of German suffixes attached to Portuguese words, such as
Canecachen, "little mug", from Portuguese
caneca, "mug", and German diminutive suffix
chen; hybrid forms such as
Schuhloja, "shoe shop", from German
Schuh and Portuguese
loja, and Germanized forms of Portuguese verbs:
lembrieren, "to remember";
namorieren "to flirt";
respondieren, "to answer".
Regardless of the foreign borrowings, it's still not considered as a German creole or a dialect of a German creole because both grammar and vocabulary are still largely German.
Although Riograndenser Hunsrückisch has long been the most widely spoken German dialect in southern Brazil, like all other
minority languages in the region, it's experiencing very strong decline - especially in the last three or four decades.
A strong stigma has been forming around the public use of this language in southern Brazil. Today it's spoken mostly in private, in family circles and by older folks and in the rural areas. It is very common for people not to admit that they know it and speak it in their most private environment.
This might have been the result of Brazil's stance during
World War II. Even though president
Getúlio Vargas flirted with the Germans during his term, Brazil ended up lining up with the
Allies and
sent troops to fight in Europe. During the War, German immigrants in Brazil were prohibited from speaking German in public, lest they be imprisoned as
political prisoners. In addition, Portuguese was enforced in every village, even though there were many inhabitants who spoke German only. It created an atmosphere of fear among German descendants that can be held accountable for the decline in the status of German (or Hunsrückisch) as a language in
Rio Grande do Sul.
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