The “venezuelan invasion” and spanish language in Roraima

Abstract

Faced with the growing migratory movement of Venezuelans to Brazil, the state of Roraima occupies a prominent place in the dynamics of reception of crisis migrants of Venezuelan origin. In this context, this work aims to reflect on the place that the Spanish language occupies in Roraima as a minority language, with emphasis on the representation of "invader's language" in the midst of xenophobic manifestations of part of the Roraima population. The theoretical framework is based on applied linguistics with debates on language and crisis migration. The methodology used was qualitative and interpretive, with clippings of oral narratives of crisis migrants residing in Roraima. The results show that the representation of the "invader" migrant is in all areas of Roraima society and the use of the Spanish language can influence the way these people will be treated in the state.