Cariri
Kiriri people are indigenous people of Eastern Brazil. Their name is also spelled Cariri or Kariri and comes from the Tupi word meaning "silent" or "taciturn". History The French Capuchin missionary Martin of Nantes (1638–1714) was the apostle of the Kariri people on the São Francisco River between 1672 and 1683. The various Kariri peoples were settled in different towns (''aldeia'') and villages (''vila''), listed as follows.DANTAS, Beatriz G., SAMPAIO, José Augusto L. and CARVALHO, Maria do Rosário G. "Os Povos Indígenas no Nordeste Brasileiro: Um Esboço Histórico". In: M. Carneiro da Cunha (org.), História dos Índios no Brasil. São Paulo: FAPESP/SMC/ Companhia das Letras. pp. 431-456. 1992. Territory Today a large portion of their traditional homelands is still called the Cariris region. Within this region are two cities, Crato and Juazeiro do Norte. The Chapada Diamantina has a dramatic landscape with high plains, table-top mesas, and steep cliffs or tow ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Kariri Languages
Kiriri people are indigenous peoples of Brazil, indigenous people of Eastern Brazil. Their name is also spelled Cariri or Kariri and comes from the Tupi language, Tupi word meaning "silent" or "taciturn". History The French Order of Friars Minor Capuchin, Capuchin missionary Martin of Nantes (1638–1714) was the apostle of the Kariri people on the São Francisco River between 1672 and 1683. The various Kariri peoples were settled in different towns (''aldeia'') and villages (''vila''), listed as follows.DANTAS, Beatriz G., SAMPAIO, José Augusto L. and CARVALHO, Maria do Rosário G. "Os Povos Indígenas no Nordeste Brasileiro: Um Esboço Histórico". In: M. Carneiro da Cunha (org.), História dos Índios no Brasil. São Paulo: FAPESP/SMC/ Companhia das Letras. pp. 431-456. 1992. Territory Today a large portion of their traditional homelands is still called the Cariris region. Within this region are two cities, Crato, Ceará, Crato and Juazeiro do Norte. The Chapada Diamanti ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Portuguese Language
Portuguese ( or ) is a Western Romance language of the Indo-European language family originating from the Iberian Peninsula of Europe. It is the official language of Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, Guinea-Bissau, Mozambique, Portugal and São Tomé and Príncipe, and has co-official language status in East Timor, Equatorial Guinea and Macau. Portuguese-speaking people or nations are known as Lusophone (). As the result of expansion during colonial times, a cultural presence of Portuguese speakers is also found around the world. Portuguese is part of the Iberian Romance languages, Ibero-Romance group that evolved from several dialects of Vulgar Latin in the medieval Kingdom of Galicia and the County of Portugal, and has kept some Gallaecian language, Celtic phonology. With approximately 250 million native speakers and 17 million second language speakers, Portuguese has approximately 267 million total speakers. It is usually listed as the List of languages by number of native speaker ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Crato (Ceará) , a geological formation of Early Cretaceous age in northeastern Brazil's Araripe Basin
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Crato may refer to: Places * Crato, Portugal *Crato, Ceará, Brazil People * Crato, Count of Nassau-Saarbrücken (1621–1642), German nobleman *Louis Crato, Count of Nassau-Saarbrücken (1663– 1713), German nobleman *Johannes Crato von Krafftheim (1519–1585), German humanist and physician, * Pseudo-Crato, the supposed author of a history of the apostles Simon and Judas * Nuno Crato (born 1952), Portuguese mathematician and economist Other uses * Crato Formation The Crato Formation is a geologic formation (stratigraphy), formation of Early Cretaceous (Aptian) age in northeastern Brazil's Araripe Basin. It is an important Lagerstätten, Lagerstätte (undisturbed fossil accumulation) for palaeontology, pa ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Pilar (Paraíba)
Pilar, Portuguese and Spanish for pillar, may refer to: People * Pilar (given name), a common abbreviation of ''María del Pilar'', including a list of people so named * Pilar (surname), a list of people surnamed Pilar or del Pilar Places Argentina * Barrio El Pilar, a village and municipality in Río Negro Province * Pilar, Buenos Aires, city in Buenos Aires Province * Pilar, Córdoba, city in Córdoba Province * Pilar Partido, a partido located in Greater Buenos Aires in Buenos Aires Province * Pilar, Santa Fe, town in Santa Fe Province Brazil * Pilar, Alagoas * Pilar, Paraíba * Pilar de Goiás, Goiás * Pilar do Sul, São Paulo Philippines * Pilar, Abra, a 5th class municipality * Pilar, Bataan, a 3rd class municipality * Pilar, Bohol, a 4th class municipality * Pilar, Capiz, a 4th class municipality * Pilar, Cebu, a 5th class municipality * Pilar, Sorsogon, a 1st class municipality * Pilar, Surigao del Norte, a 5th class municipality Elsewhere * El Pilar, an an ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Ilha De Inhanhuns , an island and populated place of the coast of mainland Mozambique
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Ilha (Portuguese for "island") may refer to the following places in Portugal or Mozambique: *Ilha (Santana), a parish in the municipality of Santana, Madeira *Ilha (Pombal), a former parish in the municipality of Pombal *Island of Mozambique The Island of Mozambique () lies off northern Mozambique, between the Mozambique Channel and Mossuril Bay, and is part of Nampula Province. Prior to 1898, it was the capital of colonial Portuguese East Africa. With its rich history and sandy b ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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São Brás (Alagoas)
São Brás or São Braz (Portuguese for Saint Blaise) may refer to: In Brazil * São Brás, Alagoas, in Alagoas * São Brás do Suaçuí, in Minas Gerais * São Braz, Belém, a neighbourhood of Belém, Brazil * São Braz do Piauí, in Piauí In Portugal * São Brás de Alportel, a municipality in the Faro District * São Brás (Amadora), a parish in the municipality of Amadora Amadora (), officially Amadora City (), is a List of cities in Portugal, city and concelho, municipality in the northwest of the Lisbon metropolitan area and 10 km from central Lisbon. The population in 2011 was 175,136, in an area of 23.78&nb ... In the Azores * São Brás (Praia da Vitória), a civil parish in the municipality of Praia da Vitória * São Brás (Ribeira Grande), a civil parish in the municipality of Ribeira Grande In India * São Brás, a parish in Gandaulim (Ilhas), Goa, India {{geodis ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Língua Geral
The term General Language () refers to lingua francas that emerged in South America during the 16th and 17th centuries,Rodrigues, Aryon (1996)"As línguas gerais sul-americanas"/ref> the two most prominent being the Paulista General Language, which was spoken in the region of Paulistania but is now extinct, and the Amazonian General Language, whose modern descendant is Nheengatu. Both were simplified versions of the Tupi language, the native language of the Tupi people. Portuguese colonizers arrived in Brazil in the 16th century, and faced with an indigenous population that spoke many languages, they sought a means to establish effective communication among the many groups. The two languages were used in the Jesuit Reductions, the Jesuit missions in Brazil and by early colonists; and came to be used by enslaved Africans and other Indian groups. References Further reading *Campbell, Lyle (1997). ''American Indian Languages: The historical linguistics of Native Americ ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |