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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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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is a dialect of the Portuguese language spoken in Portugal.
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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.
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the vowels /a ɛ e ɔ o/ tend to be raised to [ɐ ɛ ɨ ɔ u] when they are unstressed
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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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se (Portuguese: português de Portugal), is a dialect of the Portuguese language spoken in Portugal.
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