North coast Portuguese
Portuguese dialect of Ceará, Brazil
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North coast dialect (Portuguese: dialeto da costa norte, pronounced [dʒiaˈlɛtu da ˈkɔstɐ ˈnɔʁtʃi]), also called Cearense dialect, is a dialect of Portuguese in the Brazilian state of Ceará, having many internal variations, like in the regions Jaguaribe and Sertões (back-countries).
PronunciationPortuguese pronunciation: [dʒiaˈlɛtu da ˈkɔstɐ ˈnɔʁtʃi]
NativetoNorth and northwest of Ceará, north of Piauí and northeast of Maranhão
Native speakers
(undated figure of 8.5 million[citation needed])| North coast dialect | |
|---|---|
| Dialeto da costa norte | |
| Pronunciation | Portuguese pronunciation: [dʒiaˈlɛtu da ˈkɔstɐ ˈnɔʁtʃi] |
| Native to | North and northwest of Ceará, north of Piauí and northeast of Maranhão |
Native speakers | (undated figure of 8.5 million[citation needed]) |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | – |
| Glottolog | None |
| Linguasphere | 51-AAA-am |
| IETF | pt-BR-u-sd-brce[1] |
Main characteristics
- Preference for the pronoun tu instead of você (both meaning "you"), without distinction of formal and informal speech.[2]
- Opening of pre-tonic vowels [e] and [o] to [ɛ] and [ɔ], but always obeying a rule of vowel harmony.[3][4]
- Lenition of [ʎ] and [ɲ] to [j], and reduction of syllables that have these phonemes, represented in Portuguese by ⟨lh⟩ and ⟨nh⟩ respectively.[5]
- Stronger or low "r" sound, depending on their syllabic position (generally strong at the beginning and middle of words, and weak final syllables). Word-finally it is not pronounced.
- Heightening of [e, ẽ] to [i, ĩ] and [o, õ] to [u, ũ].
- Palatalization of fricatives [s, z] to [ʃ, ʒ] when adjacent to letters ⟨t⟩ or ⟨d⟩.
- In Fortaleza and metropolitan area, Ceará North and Ceará Northeast, and close hinterland regions, this group there palatalization phonetic, getting affricates to [d͡ʒi] and [t͡ʃi].
- Stronger "r" is realised as [ɦ], and also debuccalization of phonemes [ʒ, v, z] to [ɦ].[6]
- Unique vocabulary is present in this dialect, leading many authors to write books of various dictionaries of such expressions.[7] This, perhaps, is symbolic of the people of Ceará, with their antics and humor. Examples: marminino (indicates surprise or astonishment, admiration), abirobado (something that is crazy).[8][9]