European Languages find a home in Brazil
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They are not spoken in Europe anymore. But these languages found a new home in Brazil. The first wave of German and Italian immigrants disembarked in the South American country almost 200 years ago. As they formed colonies inland, they maintained their native dialects and tongues -- and preserved them in a country -- where Portuguese is the official language. Correspondent Maria Valls investigated this cultural heritage -- before the pandemic.
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