Amazofonia
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 and Roraima.
Variation
Amazofonia has multiple subdialects:- Traditional dialect: highly influenced by European Portuguese. Mainly spoken in Manaus and Belém .
- Cametaense: spoken in Cametá and some regions of Marajó .
- Metropolitano: spoken in the metropolitan regions of Manaus and Belém .
- Bragantino: spoken in Bragança , Capanema and Capitão Poço .
- Acreano: mainly influenced by Camba Spanish. Spoken in Brasiléia and Plácido [de Castro, Acre|Plácido de Castro ].
- Amapaense or Oiapoquês: spoken in Amapá.
- Roraimense: spoken in Roraima.
General characteristics
- Preference for the pronoun tu over você, especially in colloquial speech. Você is sometimes used in formal speech, depending on the speaker.
- Palatalization of , , and to , , and before , .
- Syllable-final and are both pronounced .
- Unique vocabulary. For example: cunhã, carapanã, caba, muquira, etc.