Brazil was colonized by Portugal, while most of the rest of South America was colonized by Spain. As a result, Portuguese became the dominant language in Brazil and remains the country’s official language today. Brazil is now the largest Portuguese-speaking country in the world, although many Indigenous and immigrant languages are also spoken throughout the country.
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