Portuguese is the official language[1] of Brazil, and is spoken by more than 99% of the population.[citation needed] Minority languages include indigenous languages, and languages of more recent European and Asian immigrants. The population speaks or signs approximately 210 languages, of which 180 are indigenous.[2] Less than forty thousand people actually speak any one of the indigenous languages in the Brazilian territory .[3] Until today, German is the second most spoken first language or second mother tongue in the country