Antônio Carlos, Santa Catarina is a

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in the

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of Santa Catarina in the South region of

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Regional language

A local variety of the Hunsrückisch dialect (see:

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) has been spoken and is part of the history of this region since pioneer days starting almost two centuries ago. Hunsrückisch is a co-official language of this municipality. Elsewhere, mostly in the western part of Santa Catarina state, but especially in the neighboring state of

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, the predominant German dialect is the

Riograndenser Hunsrückisch Hunsrik (natively ''Hunsrik'' , ''Hunsrückisch'' or ''Hunsrickisch'' and Portuguese ''hunsriqueano'' or ''hunsriqueano riograndense''), also called Riograndese Hunsrik, ' or ', is a Moselle Franconian language derived primarily from the Hunsr� ...

variety of the same language group. (See also: Pennsylvania German language, a mutually intelligible variety of German spoken in the

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and

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References

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