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Alphabet & Pronunciation

Portuguese alphabet, vowels, nasal sounds, c/g rules and stress
Fonologia: sistema de 7 vogais (EP)
phonology: 7-vowel system (EP)
EP vowels
EP has 7 oral vowels; BP has less reduction
Redução vocálica sistemática (EP)
systematic vowel reduction (EP)
EP reduction
Unstressed vowels: /e/→[ɨ], /o/→[u] in EP
Vogais nasais: análise
nasal vowels: analysis
nasal vowel analysis
Nasalisation spreads to following consonant in EP
Ditongos nasais: ão, ãe, ão
nasal diphthongs
nasal diphthongs
pão, mãe, dão — complex nasal diphthongs
Rótico: variação regional
rhotic: regional variation
rhotic variation
EP uvular [ʁ]; BP varies by region
Palatalização em PB: t/d antes de i
palatalisation in BP: t/d before i
BP palatalisation
tia=[tʃia], dia=[dʒia] in BP
Sibilantes: variação
sibilants: variation
sibilant variation
-s final: [ʃ] in EP, [s/z] in BP
Prosódia: ritmo e acentuação
prosody: rhythm and stress
prosody
BP = syllable-timed; EP = stress-timed (debated)
Fonologia histórica
historical phonology
historical phonology
From Latin to Portuguese sound changes
Variedades do português no mundo
varieties of Portuguese in the world
varieties
EP, PB, angolano, moçambicano, cabo-verdiano