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European Portuguese

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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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Region
is a dialect of the Portuguese language spoken in Portugal. 1
Speaker Community
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. 1
Distinguishing Features
the 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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Regional Dialect 1
European Portuguese
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Source Wikipedia: European PortugueseLead paragraph of the cited Wikipedia articletier 2
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European Portuguese (Portuguese: português europeu, pronounced [puɾtuˈɣez ewɾuˈpew]), also known as Lusitanian Portuguese (Portuguese: português lusitano) or as Portugal Portuguese (Portuguese: português de Portugal), is a dialect of the Portuguese language spoken in Portugal.
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1. Wikipedia: European Portuguese
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  • Lead 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
  • Lead section
    European Portuguese (Portuguese: português europeu, pronounced [puɾtuˈɣez ewɾuˈpew]), also known as Lusitanian Portuguese (Portuguese: português lusitano) or as Portugal Portuguese (Portuguese: português de Portugal), is a dialect of the Portuguese language spoken in Portugal.
  • Descends From: Portuguese, Lead sentence
    se (Portuguese: português de Portugal), is a dialect of the Portuguese language spoken in Portugal.
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