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Riograndenser Hunsrückisch (Portuguese: hunsriqueano riograndense English: Hunsrik Hunsriker or Rio Grande Hunsriker) spoken in parts of Brazil is a Brazilian West Germanic language derived primarily from the Hunsrückisch dialect of the German Language.Riograndenser Hunsrückisch developed from the Hunsrückisch dialect when immigrants from the Hunsrück region of Germany (Rhineland-Palatinate) settled in southern regions such as Rio Grande do Sul.While primarily based on the Hunsrückisch branch of the German language it has also been greatly influenced by other German dialects such as Pommersch-Platt Plautdietsch) indigenous languages such as Kaingang and Guarani and to a lesser extent by other immigrant languages such as Portuguese Italian and Talian.Portuguese expressions and words are commonly imported into Riograndenser Hunsrückisch particularly in reference to fauna and flora (which are different from that of Germany) and to technological innovations that did not exist when the original immigrants came to Brazil leading to words like Aviong for airplane (Portuguese avião) instead of Flugzeug Kamiong (Pt.