European Portuguese, also called Lusitanian Portuguese or Portugal Portuguese, is the dialect of the Portuguese language spoken in Portugal, including Madeira and the Azores, as well as among Portuguese diaspora communities across the Americas, Australia, Europe and Africa. It has about 10 million native speakers as of 2012. As a pluricentric language, Portuguese has several interacting codified standard forms across different countries, and within Portugal itself the varieties of Coimbra and Lisbon carry particular prestige.
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Regionis a dialect of the Portuguese language spoken in Portugal. 1 Speaker CommunityIn estimating the size of the speech community for European Portuguese, one must take into account the consequences of the Portuguese diaspora: immigrant communities located throughout the world in the Americas, Australia, Europe and Africa. 1 Distinguishing Featuresthe vowels /a ɛ e ɔ o/ tend to be raised to [ɐ ɛ ɨ ɔ u] when they are unstressed 1 Classification
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1. Wikipedia: European Portuguese
Wikimedia FoundationLead section, opening definition clause
is a dialect of the Portuguese language spoken in Portugal.
Prominence section, speech-community sentence
In estimating the size of the speech community for European Portuguese, one must take into account the consequences of the Portuguese diaspora: immigrant communities located throughout the world in the Americas, Australia, Europe and Africa.
Phonology, Vowel classification section, raising clause
the vowels /a ɛ e ɔ o/ tend to be raised to [ɐ ɛ ɨ ɔ u] when they are unstressed
Variety kind, European Portuguese entity page
European Portuguese, also called Lusitanian Portuguese or Portugal Portuguese, is the dialect of the Portuguese language spoken in Portugal, including Madeira and the Azores, as well as among Portuguese diaspora communities across the Americas, Australia, Europe and Africa.
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