Brazil

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Population Full

211,716,000 (2020 World Factbook)

Principal Languages
Portuguese
Literacy Rate
99% (2019 World Factbook)
International Conventions
CDE (1968), CPPDCE (2007), CSICH (2006), ICCPR (1992), ILOCITP (2002), UNCRPD (2008), UNDRIP (2007)
General References
Campbell 1997, Crevels 2007, Derbyshire and Pullum 1991, Derbyshire and Pullum 1998, Dixon and Aikhenvald 1999, Hopper 1967, Moore 2006, Ribeiro 1957, Rodrigues 1986, Rodrigues 1999
Deaf Population
9,717,318
Language Counts
The number of established languages listed for Brazil is 238. Of these, 217 are living and 21 are extinct. Of the living languages, 200 are indigenous and 17 are non-indigenous. Furthermore, 7 are institutional, 38 are developing, 31 are vigorous, 44 are in trouble, and 97 are dying. Also listed are 21 unestablished languages.