LINGUISTIC DIVERSITY IN BRAZIL<\/strong><\/p>\nThis proposal is justified because it seeks to investigate aspects of the grammar of minority languages \u200b\u200bspoken in Brazil, with the aim of testing theoretical hypotheses that have been discussed in the field of descriptive and theoretical linguistics. Another objective is to contribute to the work of describing, documenting and revitalizing these languages, as many are seriously threatened with extinction. According to Krauss (1992), 90% of the world’s languages \u200b\u200bmay disappear by the end of the 21st century, a situation that justifies practical and concrete actions with the aim of conducting scientific work that helps prevent the disappearance of these languages. Leg\u00e8re (2015), in turn, considers that there are approximately 6,500 languages \u200b\u200bin the world, and that two-thirds of these may become extinct by the end of this century. In relation to South America, experts estimate that there are approximately 500 indigenous languages \u200b\u200bon the continent. Among these, it is estimated that there are around 420 Amerindian languages \u200b\u200bat serious risk of disappearing, either due to pressure from the majority languages \u200b\u200bor simply because the number of native speakers is very small. Regarding Brazil, Rodrigues (2013) states that \u2018although most Brazilians have the impression of living in a monolingual country, Brazil is in fact a multilingual nation, as around 180 indigenous languages \u200b\u200bare learned as their mother tongues\u2019. It is assumed that the indigenous population in 1500, when the Portuguese arrived on the continent, was around three to five million, so that, in several parts of Brazil, the indigenous populations were much denser, when compared with current statistical data. It is known, for example, that in the floodplains of the great Amazon rivers, as well as on the coast, there lived several ethnic groups, such as the Tapaj\u00f3s Indians and the Kambeba Indians, who have become completely extinct. The same situation is observed in relation to the Tupinamb\u00e1 Indians who inhabited the coastal strip of Brazilian territory. Available ethnographic data indicate that the Tupinamb\u00e1 villages had a very large population for the time and that they extended from what is now the state of Par\u00e1 to Rio de Janeiro. The exception, however, was the border between Cear\u00e1 and Maranh\u00e3o, the region of the mouth of the Para\u00edba River, and the border region between the south of Bahia and the north of Esp\u00edrito Santo, given that, in these regions, ethnic groups belonging to the Macro-J\u00ea Trunk predominated. In short, there is an urgent need for action to promote the work of describing and documenting indigenous languages \u200b\u200bspoken in Brazil, since many are seriously threatened with extinction. The expectation is that this project will contribute in some way to furthering the scientific studies that I have been developing over the last twenty-five years on minority languages \u200b\u200bspoken in Brazil and South America. Among the languages \u200b\u200bthat have been investigated within the scope of this project are the Maxacali, Ka’apor, Temb\u00e9, Guajajara, Terena, Chapakura, Ap\u00e2niekra, Apinaj\u00e9, Parkatej\u00ea, Gavi\u00e3o, Kuikuro, Katukina, among others. I invite readers interested in the subject to visit the portals www.letras.ufmg.br\/portal_laliafro and www.letras.ufmg.br\/fbonfim, where you can find part of the scientific production achieved by me and my team in recent decades on the grammar of these indigenous Brazilian languages.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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