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Our translation team consists of many expert and experienced Nheengatu translators. Each translator specializes in a different field such as legal, financial, medical, and more.

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Whether your Nheengatu translation need is small or large, Translation Services USA is always there to assist you with your translation needs. Our Nheengatu translation team has many experienced document translators who specialize in translating many different types of documents including birth and death certificates, marriage certificates and divorce decrees, diplomas and transcripts, and any other Nheengatu document you may need translated.

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Nheengatu Language Facts:

The Nheengatu language is also known by the Portuguese names língua geral da Amazônia and língua geral amazônica, both meaning "Amazonian General Language," or even by the Latin lingua brasilica (Brazilian Language). It is an Amerindian language of the Tupi-Guarani sub-family presently spoken by about 30,000 people in the Upper Rio Negro region of Amazonas state, in the Brazilian Amazon, and in neighboring portions of Colombia and Venezuela. It is the native language of the area's rural population, and it is also used as a common language of communication between Indians and non-Indians, and between Indians from different tribes. Its use is also a way for some of the native peoples who have lost their original languages to affirm their ethnic identity, as in the case of the Barés, the Arapaços, and others. In 2003, it gained the status of official language alongside Portuguese in the municipality of São Gabriel da Cachoeira, which is larger than several U.S. states, though sparsely populated.

Nheengatu originated in northern Brazil in the 17th century as a lingua franca standardized by Jesuits from the vocabulary and pronunciation of the tupinambá dialect, which were adapted into a grammatical framework based on Portuguese. Many borrowings were made from that language and from Spanish for the many objects and concepts alien to the tupinambá. The Jesuits called their creation ie’engatu, which means "good language", but scholars today call it Old Tupi.

At its height in the 18th century, it was the dominant spoken language throughout Brazil's vast territory, alongside its closely related southern counterpart, the língua geral paulista, as it was used not only by Indians and missionaries but also as an everyday language by settlers of European ancestry. Its decline soon began, however, as immigration from Portugal increased, and it suffered a severe blow when it was banned by the Marquis of Pombal by virtue of its association with the Jesuits, whom he expelled from all Portuguese territories.

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