African languages in Brazil

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...

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Main Author: Margarida Maria Taddoni Petter
Format: Article
Language:Portuguese
Published: Universidade Federal Fluminense 2005-12-01
Series:Gragoatá
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Online Access:http://www.gragoata.uff.br/index.php/gragoata/article/view/351