• Source: Amazofonia

Amazofonia or Nortista dialect is a dialect of Portuguese spoken by most people in Brazil's Amazônia Legal region. It's spoken in 5 of the 7 Northern states: Acre, Amapá, Amazonas, Pará (partially) and Roraima.




Variation


Amazofonia has multiple subdialects:

Traditional dialect: highly influenced by European Portuguese. Mainly spoken in Manaus (Amazonas) and Belém (Pará).
Cametaense: spoken in Cametá (Pará) and some regions of Marajó (Pará).
Metropolitano: spoken in the metropolitan regions of Manaus (Amazonas) and Belém (Pará).
Bragantino: spoken in Bragança (Pará), Capanema (Pará) and Capitão Poço (Pará).
Acreano: mainly influenced by Camba Spanish. Spoken in Brasiléia (Acre) and Plácido de Castro (Acre).
Amapaense or Oiapoquês: spoken in Amapá.
Roraimense: spoken in Roraima.




General characteristics


Preference for the pronoun tu over você (both meaning "you"), especially in colloquial speech. Você is sometimes used in formal speech, depending on the speaker.
Palatalization of [d], [l], [n] and [t] to [dʒ], [ʎ], [ɲ] and [tʃ] before [i], [ĩ].
Syllable-final [s] and [z] are both pronounced [ʃ].
Unique vocabulary. For example: cunhã, carapanã, caba, muquira, etc.




See also


Brazilian Portuguese
Portuguese dialects




References

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• Amazofonia
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• Portuguese language
• Comparison of Portuguese and Spanish
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