AMERICANA GERMANICA

MONOGRAPHS DEVOTED TO THE COMPARATIVE STUDY OF THE

Literary, Linguistic and Other Cultural Relations

OF

Germany and America

EDITOR

MARION DEXTER LEARNED

University of Pennsylvania

XXVI. THE GERMAN ELEMENT IN BRAZIL

COLONIES AND DIALECT

(See List at the End of the Book)

THE GERMAN ELEMENT IN BRAZIL

COLONIES AND DIALECT

BY

BENJAMIN FRANKLIN SCHAPPELLE, Ph.D.

Americana Germanica

NUMBER 26

Americana Germanica Press

Philadelphia

1917

COPYRIGHT[TN1] 1917

BY

BENJAMIN FRANKLIN SCHAPPELLE.

RESPECTFULLY DEDICATED

TO

JOSEPH G. ROSENGARTEN, LL.D.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Lied der Deutschbrasilianer

Preface

CHAPTER I.

THE COLONIES. HISTORY AND LOCATION.

The First Settlers

COLONIZATION IN INDIVIDUAL STATES.

Introductory Remarks
Bahia
Minas Geraes
Espirito Santo
Rio de Janeiro
São Paulo
Paraná
Santa Catharina
Rio Grande do Sul

The Total Number of Germans in Brazil

CHAPTER II.

THE BRAZILIAN GERMAN DIALECT.

Underlying Basis of the Dialect

Brazilian German Word Forms
Surnames
Baptismal Names
Terms of Family Relationship in Titles

EXAMPLES FROM BRAZILIAN GERMAN DOCUMENTS.

The Written Language

The Spoken Language

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