Austrian Brazilians
Ethnic group
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Austrian Brazilians (Portuguese: Austro-brasileiro, Austríaco brasileiro) refers to Brazilians of full, partial, or predominantly Austrian ancestry, or Austrian-born people residing in Brazil. Brazil is home to the second largest German-Austrian population outside their respective nations, after the United States. German is the second most spoken language in the country.[3][4] The author Stefan Zweig who wrote about Brazil, and the Habsburg-Lorraine Maria Leopoldina of Austria, Empress consort of Brazil, are among the most prominent Austrians to settle in Brazil.[citation needed]
.jpg) Austrian descendants in São Paulo. | |
| Total population | |
|---|---|
| 100,000 | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| Mainly Santa Catarina, São Paulo and Minas Gerais. | |
| Languages | |
| Predominantly Portuguese Austro-Bavarian, German, Yiddish[1] | |
| Religion | |
| Christianity (Mainly Roman Catholicism), Protestantism, Judaism[2] and others | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Other White Brazilians, especially German Brazilians |
History
Some Austrian Jews fled to Brazil to flee Nazism.[5]
