what is the language spoken in brazil?
Brazilian Portuguese
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 The official languages of the country are French and Sango ; the latter ( originally a language from the Ubangi River region ) is spoken by 90 % of the population . Some of the other languages spoken are Baya ( Gbaya ) , Banda , Ngbaka , Sara , Mbum , Kare , and Mandjia . Sango was simplified by Christian missionaries and is widely used to this day . 

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 Brazil has a designated " zone of interest " that is not an actual claim . 

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 By the middle of the 19th century , the Empire of Brazil was the richest and most powerful nation in Latin America . It thrived under democratic institutions and a constitutional monarchy , and prided itself on the absence of the caudillos , dictators and coups d 'état which were common across the rest of the continent . During the minority of emperor Pedro II in the 1830s , however , there had been internal rebellions driven by local disputes for power within a few provinces . One of these , the Ragamuffin War , had been led by Gonçalves , as noted above . 

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 With the notable exception of Brazil , a short scale country , most Portuguese @-@ language countries and regions use the long scale , for example : 

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 Because of the existence of distinct racial and cultural communities , 19th century Brazil developed as a multi @-@ ethnic nation . However the data is problematic as no reliable information is available for the years prior to 1872 . The first official national census was compiled by the government in 1872 showing that out of 9 @,@ 930 @,@ 479 inhabitants there were 38 @.@ 1 % whites , 38 @.@ 3 % browns , 19 @.@ 7 % blacks and 3 @.@ 9 % Indians . The second official national census in 1890 revealed that in a population of 14 @,@ 333 @,@ 915 , 44 % were whites , 32 @.@ 4 % browns , 14 @.@ 6 % blacks and 9 % Indians . 
