PALMAS, Brazil – Guaricema Pataxo's indigenous roots are the cornerstone of her identity. The 53-year-old great-grandmother lives on her Pataxo people's reservation and makes a living by hawking their ...

Warm handshakes, exchanging signed documents, and smiles all around. After 1.5 years of relationship-building and negotiations, it is now official: Simon Fraser University (SFU) will soon – for the ...

The Brazilian consul general in Chicago spoke to Northwestern students Monday night as part of Global Languages Initiative’s effort to promote international languages. Paulo Camargo detailed to a ...

A case identified during research by a federal appeal-court judge some 15 years ago illustrates the importance of the debate around linguistic diversity in the country. The sole official language of ...

Rio de Janeiro (AFP) – Writer and activist Ailton Krenak on Friday became the first Indigenous person inducted into the Brazilian Academy of Letters, as dancers in feather headdresses shook up the ...

Those in Brazil whose first language is Portuguese have likely never stopped to think about their linguistic rights. They exist indeed, and have been set out in the Universal Declaration of Linguistic ...

For smartphone users deep in the Amazon, sending a text message in the Nheengatu language just got easier - giving their endangered native tongue a better chance of survival in the digital age.

SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Wiser Educação SA, a chain of Brazilian language schools owned by two local tycoons, aims to double in size over the next three years by buying cash-strapped rivals across Latin ...