Portuguese
Portuguese is documented on Dialect Atlas across 10 dialects, including Angolan Portuguese, Azorean Portuguese, Carioca.
Dialects of Portuguese
- Angolan PortugueseThe Portuguese of Angola, used as a national lingua franca alongside Bantu languages such as Kimbundu and Umbundu, which have shaped both pronunciation and vocabulary.
- Azorean PortugueseAçorianoThe Portuguese of the Azores archipelago. Highly distinctive vowels and a strong island-by-island variation, often cited as one of the more divergent European varieties.
- CariocaRio de Janeiro Portuguese · FluminenseThe Portuguese of Rio de Janeiro. Recognisable for its palatalised /s/ in coda position — a feature shared with Lisbon — and a distinctive intonation.
- European PortuguesePortuguese (Portugal) · Lisbon PortugueseThe standard variety of Portugal, centred on Lisbon. Distinguished from Brazilian Portuguese by reduced unstressed vowels and a denser consonant cluster system.
- GaúchoSulista · Southern Brazilian PortugueseThe Brazilian Portuguese of Rio Grande do Sul and southern Brazil. Distinct from northern Brazilian varieties, with strong Spanish (Rioplatense) and Italian/German immigrant contact features.
- MineiroBelo Horizonte PortugueseThe Brazilian Portuguese of Minas Gerais and the surrounding interior. Distinguished by characteristic vowel reductions, monophthongisation of diphthongs, and a distinctive lexicon.
- Mozambican PortugueseThe Portuguese of Mozambique. A national lingua franca shaped by long contact with Bantu languages including Makhuwa, Sena, and Tsonga.
- NordestinoNortheastern Brazilian PortugueseThe Portuguese of Brazil's Northeast region around Recife, Salvador, and Fortaleza. Internally varied, with a distinct lexicon shaped by African and indigenous languages.
- Northern PortuguesePortuense · Norte de PortugalThe Portuguese of the north of Portugal around Porto. Preserves several older features lost in the standard, including the bilabial /β/ and the betacism that distinguishes <b> from <v>.
- PaulistanoSão Paulo PortugueseThe Portuguese of São Paulo and the surrounding state. The most populous Brazilian variety and a common reference for the broader Brazilian standard.
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