Estremenho dialect

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This article is about the Portuguese dialect. It is not to be confused with Extremaduran, a language of western Spain.
Dialects of Portugal.
From left to right, the old provinces of Beira Litoral and Estremadura, now extinct.

Estremenho is a dialect of the European Portuguese spoken in the former provinces of Estremadura and Beira Litoral and is part of the central-southern dialects.[1]

The variety of Lisbon, which is used to form the basis for the pattern of European Portuguese, is within this dialect.[2]

Characteristics[]

The Estremenhan dialects present the following characteristics:[1]

  • A generalized monophthongization of the diphthong [ow]. For example, "touro" (bull) and "roupa" (clothes) passes to "tôro" and "rôpa".
  • In certain subregions, such as saloia (the outskirts of Lisbon), a monophthongization of the diphthong [ej] occurs. For example, "manêra" instead of "maneira" (manner), although this has evolved into [ɐj] in the Lisbon dialect ("manâira").
  • The predorsodental sibilants, that is, /s/ and /z/, are pronounced as in the European pattern and are well distinguished from the lower x and the j, contrary to what happens with the northern dialects.

References[]

  1. ^ a b "O dialecto estremenho" (in Portuguese). . Retrieved 22 November 2010.
  2. ^ VIANNA, Aniceto dos Reis Gonçalves (1892): Exposição da pronuncia normal portuguesa para uso de nacionais e estrangeiros, Lisboa, Imprensa Nacional (Memória apresentada na 10ª Sessão do Congresso Internacional dos Orientalistas), reimpresso in Estudos de fonética portuguesa, Lisboa : Imprensa Nacional /Casa da Moeda, 1973, pp. 153 - 257; disponível online na Biblioteca Nacional Digital.

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