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Amazofonia

Amazofonia or Nortista dialect is a dialect of Portuguese spoken by most people in Brazil's AmazÃÂ´nia Legal region. It is spoken in 5 of the 7 Northern states: Acre, AmapÃÂ¡, Amazonas, ParÃÂ¡ (partially) and Roraima.

Variation

Amazofonia has multiple subdialects:

Traditional dialect: highly influenced by European Portuguese. Mainly spoken in Manaus (Amazonas) and BelÃÂ©m (ParÃÂ¡).
Cametaense: spoken in CametÃÂ¡ (ParÃÂ¡) and some regions of MarajÃÂ³ (ParÃÂ¡).
Metropolitano: spoken in the metropolitan regions of Manaus (Amazonas) and BelÃÂ©m (ParÃÂ¡).
Bragantino: spoken in BraganÃÂ§a (ParÃÂ¡), Capanema (ParÃÂ¡) and CapitÃÂ£o PoÃÂ§o (ParÃÂ¡).
Acreano: mainly influenced by Camba Spanish. Spoken in BrasilÃÂ©ia (Acre) and PlÃÂ¡cido de Castro (Acre).
Amapaense or OiapoquÃÂªs: spoken in AmapÃÂ¡.
Roraimense: spoken in Roraima.

General characteristics

Preference for the pronoun over (both meaning "you"), especially in colloquial speech. is sometimes used in formal speech, depending on the speaker.
Palatalization of [d], [l], [n] and [t] to [dÃÂ], [ÃÂ], [ÃÂ²] and [tÃÂ] before [i], [ÃÂ©].
Syllable-final [s] and [z] are both pronounced [ÃÂ].
Unique vocabulary. For example: , , , , etc.

See also

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