Portuguese (Portugal) · Lisbon Portuguese
The standard variety of Portugal, centred on Lisbon. Distinguished from Brazilian Portuguese by reduced unstressed vowels and a denser consonant cluster system.
- Approximate centre
- 38.72°, -9.14°
Dialect comparison
European Portuguese vs Mineiro
Compare two dialects of Portuguese side by side — where they're spoken, what they're called, and how they relate.
Belo Horizonte Portuguese
The Brazilian Portuguese of Minas Gerais and the surrounding interior. Distinguished by characteristic vowel reductions, monophthongisation of diphthongs, and a distinctive lexicon.
- Approximate centre
- -19.92°, -43.94°
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