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North coast Portuguese

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Glottolog
  
None

Linguasphere
  
51-AAA-am

Pronunciation
  
Portuguese pronunciation: [d͡ʒiaˈlɛtu dɐ ˈkɔʃtɐ ˈnɔht͡ʃi]

Native to
  
North and northwest of Ceará, north of Piauí and northeast of Maranhão

Native speakers
  
8.5 million (date missing)

Language family
  
Indo-European Italic Romance Western Ibero-Romance West Iberian Galician-Portuguese Portuguese Vernacular Brazilian North coast dialect

North coast dialect Portuguese: dialeto da costa norte [d͡ʒiaˈlɛtu dɐ ˈkɔʃtɐ ˈnɔht͡ʃi], also called cearense dialect, is a dialect of Portuguese in the Brazilian state of Ceará, having many internal variations, like in the regions Jaguaribe and Sertões (backcountries).

Main characteristics

  • Preference for the pronoun "tu" instead of "você" (both mean "you"), without distinction of formal and informal speech.
  • Opening of pre-tonic vowels [e] and [o] to [ɛ] and [ɔ], but always obeying a rule of vowel harmony.
  • Weakening of [ʎ] and [ɲ] to [j], and reduction of syllables that have these phonemes, represented in Portuguese by "lh" and "nh", respectively.
  • Stronger or low "r" sound, depending on their syllabic position (generally strong at the beginning and middle of words, and weak final syllables). At end of words, "r" consonant is not pronounced.
  • Change of [e] and [ẽ] to [i] or [ĩ] and [o] and [õ] to [u] or [ũ].
  • Palatalization of fricatives [s] and [z] to [ʃ] or [ʒ], just before the letters "t" and "d" after these letters.
  • In Fortaleza and metropolitan area, Ceará North and Ceará Northeast, and close hinterland regions, this group there palatalization phonetic, getting affricates to [d͡ʒi] and [t͡ʃi].
  • Stronger "r" is largest uttilizate ([ɦ]), and also debuccalization of phonemes [ʒ], [v] and [z] to [ɦ].
  • Their own words this dialect, which led many authors to write books of various dictionaries such expressions. This, perhaps, is the mark of people of Ceará, with their antics and lots of humor. Examples: "marminino" (indicates surprise or astonishment, admiration), "abirobado" (something like crazy).

    • References

    North coast Portuguese Wikipedia
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