page_title: Languages of Brazil
section_title: Santa Catarina
hierarchical_section_title: Languages of Brazil / Co-official languages in Brazil / Municipalities that have co-official allochthonous languages / Municipalities that have co-official Talian language (or Venetian dialect) / Santa Catarina
context_page_description: Portuguese is the official and national language of Brazil and is widely spoken by most of the population. The Portuguese dialects spoken in Brazil are collectively known as Brazilian Portuguese. The Brazilian Sign Language also has official status at the federal level.
  Aside from Portuguese, the country has also numerous minority languages, including indigenous languages, such as Nheengatu, and languages of more recent European and Asian immigrants, such as Italian, German and Japanese. In some municipalities, those minor languages have official status: Nheengatu, for example, is an official language in São Gabriel da Cachoeira, while a number of German dialects are official in nine southern municipalities. Hunsrik is a germanic language also spoken in Argentina, Paraguay and Venezuela, which derived from the Hunsrückisch dialect. Hunsrik has official status in Antônio Carlos and Santa Maria do Herval, and is recognized by the state of Rio Grande do Sul as part of its historical and cultural heritage. Polish and Ukrainian are largely spoken in the State of Paraná, immigrants originally from the former Austro-Hungarian Empire., the Galicia Province.
context_section_description: Nova Erechim
caption: Municipalities that the East Pomeranian language is co-official in Espírito Santo.