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Algarvian Portuguese | |
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Native to | Portugal |
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ISO 639-3 | – |
Algarvian Portuguese (Portuguese: português algarvio) is a dialect of Portuguese spoken in the Portuguese region of Algarve
Characteristics
[edit]Most of the features of Algarvian are shared with Alentejan:
- The diphthong /ou̯/ is monophthongized to [o]:
- sou /ˈsou̯/ > [so] 'I am'
- The diphthong /ei̯/ is monophthongized to [e], except before other vowels, when in the last syllable of a word, or generally before /t/:
- maneira /mɐˈnei̯ɾɐ/ > [mɐˈneɾɐ] 'way'
- areia /ɐˈɾei̯ɐ/ > [ɐˈɾei̯ɐ] 'sand'
- seis /sei̯ʃ/ > [sei̯ʃ] 'six'
- The diphthong /ai̯/ is monophthongized to [a] before "x" (/ʃ/):
- caixa /ˈkai̯ʃɐ/ > [ˈkaʃɐ] 'box'
- /b/, /d/, and /ɡ/ are always pronounced as stops and not as fricatives:
- manteiga /mɐ̃ˈtei̯ɡɐ/ > [mɐ̃ˈteɡɐ] 'butter'
- idade /iˈdadɨ/ > [iˈdad] 'age'
- abrir /ɐˈbɾiɾ/ > [ɐˈbɾiɾ] 'to open'
- Function words that contain diphthongs have untressed varieties where the diphthongs are monophthongized, losing the second element:[1]
- eu sei /eu̯ ˈsei̯/ > [e ˈsei̯] 'I know'
- não sei /nɐ̃ũ̯ ˈsei̯/ > [nɐ̃ ˈsei̯] 'I don't know'
- o meu pai /u meu̯ ˈpai̯/ > [u me ˈpai̯] 'my father'
Features secific to Algarvian:
- Final unstressed "-o" is eliminated.
- tudo /ˈtudu/ > [ˈtud] 'all, averything'
- Final "s", "z" are pronounced [ʒ] when followed by a vowel, instead of [z]:
- os olhos /uʃˈɔʎuʃ/ > [uʒˈɔʎʃ] 'the eyes'
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