And the old chief already said
there are things we know
and you don't know you knew
The Indian walked through Brazil
gave a name to everything he saw
If the Indian named it, it's ok!
If the Indian spoke, he is speaking!
shake the rattle
which Indian will say:
Jabuticaba Cashew Passion Fruit
Popcorn Cassava Pineapple
Anteater Vulture Jaburu
Jararaca Boa
Armadillo
Arara Tucano Araponga Piranha
Frog Marmoset Tortoise Alligator
Maranhão Maceio
Macapá Marajó
Paraná Paraíba
Pernambuco Piauí
Jundiaí Morumbi Curitiba Paraty
It's all Tupi.
(Hélio Ziskind – You tupi tupi)
In Brazil, we all speak Portuguese, right? If you answered yes, you were wrong, because in Brazil not everyone speaks the language of the Portuguese lands. Despite being the official language and the one spoken by the vast majority of Brazilians, Portuguese is not the only language used on this side of the Atlantic Ocean.
When our settlers landed here, they found several native communities that already had their own dialect to communicate with. The most curious thing is that it wasn't just one dialect, there were several! With the arrival of the Portuguese, you should already know History, the language we know so well today became taught and even imposed, leading to the disappearance of several dialects, in addition to a profound process of acculturation.
Unfortunately, the indigenous population was drastically reduced, but the contribution of native languages was perpetuated in some words that are widely used in our daily lives. Maybe you don't know, but some words are a kind of cultural heritage of the first inhabitants of Brazil. Do you want to know some of them? O kids school prepared a list full of trivia for you. See just a few examples of indigenous words that are present in our different communicative situations:
Indigenous Word List
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Pineapple Anhangabaú Chickenpox Shrimp Buriti yoke Bauru Popcorn Beiju Cupuacu Jerimum |
Cassava tucupi peach palm Beijing maniçoba Caçapava Cocoa chieftain Bumpkin Caipora caja |
Canoe Capoeira From Rio Cassava Maceio Anteater Tapioca You knew fern Ubatuba Pussy |
By Luana Castro
Graduated in Letters