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Title: The German Element in Brazil
Colonies and Dialect

Author: Benjamin Franklin Schappelle

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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.

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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)_

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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
Sao Paulo
Parana
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

Introduction to Glossary

Glossary

APPENDIX.

The Brazilian German Press
Almanacs
Newspapers

Bibliography

LIED DER DEUTSCHBRASILIANER.