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Official Gazette of the State of São Paulo
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Summary
It is estimated that in 1500, when the Portuguese arrived in Brazil, around 1.175 indigenous languages were spoken in the territory that makes up the country. Since then, around a thousand of them have ceased to exist, as only 160 to 170 of these languages are still spoken today. “In the next 20 years, this number should drop to 150”, warns the linguist at Unicamp Wilmar da Rocha D'Angelis.
