sua língua

English translation: their native language/indigenous language

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Portuguese term or phrase:	sua língua
English translation:	their native language/indigenous language
Entered by:	Claudio Mazotti

20:35 Jun 9, 2014

Portuguese to English translations [PRO]
Social Sciences - Social Science, Sociology, Ethics, etc. / Demography

Portuguese term or phrase: sua língua

The text is about the status of education in the state of Bahia, Brazil. Does this mean that only 4% speak their native language - compared with 37% for Brazil's entire indigenous population? Or could it possibly mean that only 4% of them speak [the country's] language--i.e., Portuguese--compared with 37% of the country's indigenous population? [There's no further context.]

Os indígenas são mais de 17 mil indivíduos, de 22 etnias. Dentre os indígenas baianos de mais de 10 anos, 17% são analfabetos, quase o dobro da média do Brasil (9%), e apenas 4% falam **sua língua**--a média Brasil é de 37%.

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their native language/indigenous language

Explanation:
That is what it means

Selected response from:

Claudio Mazotti
Brazil

Grading comment

Thanks for the confirmation, Cláudio!
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer

Summary of answers provided

4 +11

their native language/indigenous language

Claudio Mazotti

mother tongue

Nick Taylor

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4 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +11

their native language/indigenous language

Explanation:
That is what it means

Claudio Mazotti
Brazil
Works in field
Native speaker of: Portuguese
PRO pts in category: 32

Grading comment

Thanks for the confirmation, Cláudio!

Notes to answerer

Asker: Thanks, Claudio. That's what I thought, but I wasn't sure.

19 hrs confidence:

mother tongue

Explanation:
mother tongue

Nick Taylor
Local time: 23:40
Works in field
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 20

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