Amazofonia or Nortista dialect is a dialect of Portuguese spoken by most people in Brazil's Amazônia Legal region. It is 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).Letras & Letras, v. 28, nº 1, jan/jun 2012 - Uberlândia, Universidade Federal de Uberlândia, Instituto de Letras e Linguística. Metropolitano: spoken in the metropolitan regions of Manaus (Amazonas) and Belém (Pará).ARAÚJO, Aluiza Alves de. Rev. de Letras - Vol. 30 - 1/4 - jan. 2010/dez. 2011 - Fortaleza, Universidade Federal do Ceará 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).Karlberg, Luísa Galvão Lessa. Atlas etnolinguístico do Acre – ALAC: fronteiras léxicas. Rio Branco: Edufac, 2018. - Seringueiros da Amazônia, Universidade de São Paulo (USP), Faculdade de Filosofia, Letras e Ciências Humanas, Departamento de Geografia Amapaense or Oiapoquês: spoken in Amapá.Professores lançam o Atlas Linguístico do Amapá nesta sexta-feira, dia 4. UFPA. 2017. Roraimense: spoken in Roraima.Dialeto roraimense vai ganhar dicionário próprio com expressões típicas. Bom Dia Amazônia – RR. 2021.
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 [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
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