Itapiranga, Santa Catarina
Itapiranga | |
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Municipality | |
The Municipality of Itapiranga | |
UTC-2) | |
HDI (2000) | 0.832 – high[2] |
Itapiranga is the westernmost municipality in the
Minority language
Itapiranga was initially settled around 1920 by German speakers from what was known in German as the Altkolonie, or the eastern region of
The Brazilian linguist Cléo Vilson Altenhofen was born and grew up in Harmonia, Rio Grande do Sul; he is a native speaker of Riograndenser Hunsrückisch. As such, he co-wrote together with linguist Jaqueline Frey, also a native speaker of this dialect and a native to Itapirange, Santa Catarina, and he personally delivered a historic speech before congress in Brasília, revindicating better minority language public policies for the country. Here is a section of that original text: In mein Gemeind in Itapiranga, Santa Catarina, hott’s eenfach net die Chance gebb, in de Schul Deitsch se lenne - ich menne hiemit Hochdeitsch ... (Translation: In my community in Itapiranga, Santa Catarina, there was no opportunity to learn German - by that I mean High German).[3]
Notable people
- Marciel Rodger Back, footballer