| *** INTRODUCTION *** | | | | *** THE BRAZILIAN PORTUGUESE LANGUAGE |
| This article is a short introduction to the Brazilian | | | | FOR REAL ESTATE AND LAND INVESTORS *** |
| Portuguese language aimed at real estate and land | | | | Spoken by over 200 million people globally, Brazilian |
| investors. We also provide a link to our dictionary | | | | Portguese (português do Brasil or português |
| which provides thousands of definitions of terms, | | | | brasileiro) was born out of the colonisation of Southern |
| phrases and words a property and land investor is | | | | America's largest country in the 16th century. For two |
| likely to come across when doing business in the | | | | centuries it co-existed with various African languages |
| country (including accountancy, legal, estate agency, | | | | spoken by the slaves bought to the country and it was |
| developer terminology, banking and other technical | | | | only in the latter part of the 18th century where it |
| terms). | | | | became the full vernacular. |