# Amazofonia
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{{Short description|Portuguese dialect of the Amazon region, Brazil}}
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|fam7=[West Iberian](/source/West_Iberian_languages)
|fam8=[Galician-Portuguese](/source/Galician-Portuguese)
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'''Amazofonia''' or '''Nortista dialect''' is a dialect of [Portuguese](/source/Portuguese_language) spoken by most people in [Brazil's](/source/Brazil) [Amazônia Legal](/source/Amaz%C3%B4nia_Legal) region.[{{Cite journal|last=De Araújo|first=Ana Paula|title=Dialetos brasileiros - Linguística|journal=Linguística, Português|publisher=Portal InfoEscola|url=http://www.infoescola.com/linguistica/dialetos-brasileiros/|language=pt}}] It is spoken in 5 of the 7 [Northern states](/source/North_Region%2C_Brazil): [Acre](/source/Acre_(state)), [Amapá](/source/Amap%C3%A1), [Amazonas](/source/Amazonas_(Brazilian_state)), [Pará](/source/Par%C3%A1) (partially) and [Roraima](/source/Roraima).[{{Cite book |last1=Pessoa |first1=Roberto |last2=De Sousa |first2=Erivelto |year=2022 |title=Ditados Populares - a Verdade que o Povo Consagrou |publisher=Dialética |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=aFGGEAAAQBAJ&pg=PT37 |edition=2 |language=pt |isbn=9786525247519}}]
==Variation==
Amazofonia has multiple [subdialects](/source/subdialects):
*Traditional dialect: highly influenced by [European Portuguese](/source/European_Portuguese). Mainly spoken in [Manaus (Amazonas)](/source/Manaus) and [Belém (Pará)](/source/Bel%C3%A9m).[{{Cite journal |last=Cipro Neto |first=Pasquale |year=2009 |title=27º ENAFIT: Curiosidades do Estado do Pará |journal=27º Encontro Nacional Dos Auditores Fiscais do Trabalho |publisher=Sindicato Nacional dos Auditores Fiscais do Trabalho (SINAIT) |url=https://sinait.org.br/site/noticiaView/766/27--enafit-curiosidades-do-estado-do-para |language=pt}}]
*Cametaense: spoken in [Cametá (Pará)](/source/Camet%C3%A1) and some regions of [Marajó (Pará)](/source/Maraj%C3%B3).[{{Cite book |last1=Pinheiro de Sousa |first1=Elisa Maria |last2=Alves da Silva |first2=José Roberto |last3=Pena |first3=Waldinett |year=2022 |title=Língua Portuguesa: Saberes e práticas |publisher=Bagai |url= |language=pt |page=41 |isbn=9786553681101}}][[http://depot.knaw.nl/13446/1/Letras%26Letras_Estudos_em_Fonologia.pdf Letras & Letras, v. 28, nº 1, jan/jun 2012] - Uberlândia, Universidade Federal de Uberlândia, Instituto de Letras e Linguística.]
*Metropolitano: spoken in the [metropolitan regions](/source/metropolitan_regions) of [Manaus (Amazonas)](/source/Manaus) and [Belém (Pará)](/source/Bel%C3%A9m).[ARAÚJO, Aluiza Alves de. [http://www.revistadeletras.ufc.br/Revista%20de%20Letras%20Vol.30%20-%201.4%20-%20jan.%202012%20.%20dez.%202011/rl30art10_O_alteamento_da_pretonica.pdf Rev. de Letras - Vol. 30 - 1/4 - jan. 2010/dez. 2011] - Fortaleza, Universidade Federal do Ceará]
*Bragantino: spoken in [Bragança (Pará)](/source/Bragan%C3%A7a%2C_Par%C3%A1), [Capanema (Pará)](/source/Capanema%2C_Par%C3%A1) and [Capitão Poço (Pará)](/source/Capit%C3%A3o_Po%C3%A7o).[Karlberg, Luísa Galvão Lessa. [http://www2.ufac.br/editora/livros/atlasetnolinguisticodoacre.pdf Atlas etnolinguístico do Acre – ALAC: fronteiras léxicas]. Rio Branco: Edufac, 2018.][[https://www.teses.usp.br/teses/disponiveis/8/8136/tde-07052002-130429/publico/tese04b.pdf] - Seringueiros da Amazônia, Universidade de São Paulo (USP), Faculdade de Filosofia, Letras e Ciências Humanas, Departamento de Geografia]
*Amapaense or Oiapoquês: spoken in [Amapá](/source/Amap%C3%A1).[[https://www.portal.ufpa.br/index.php/ultimas-noticias2/344-professores-lancam-o-atlas-linguistico-do-amapa-nesta-sexta-feira-dia-4 Professores lançam o Atlas Linguístico do Amapá nesta sexta-feira, dia 4]. UFPA. 2017.]
* Roraimense: spoken in [Roraima](/source/Roraima).[[https://globoplay.globo.com/v/9919551/ Dialeto roraimense vai ganhar dicionário próprio com expressões típicas]. Bom Dia Amazônia – RR. 2021.]
==General characteristics==
* Preference for the pronoun {{lang|pt|tu}} over {{lang|pt|você}} ([both meaning "you"](/source/Portuguese_personal_pronouns)), especially in [colloquial speech](/source/colloquial_speech). {{lang|pt|Você}} is sometimes used in [formal speech](/source/formal_language), depending on the speaker.
* [Palatalization](/source/Palatalization_(sound_change)) of [d], [l], [n] and [t] to [dʒ], [ʎ], [ɲ] and [tʃ] before [i], [ĩ].
* Syllable-final [s] and [z] are both pronounced [ʃ].
* Unique vocabulary. For example: cunhã, carapanã, caba, muquira, etc.
==See also==
*[Brazilian Portuguese](/source/Brazilian_Portuguese)
*[Portuguese dialects](/source/Portuguese_dialects)
==References==
{{reflist}}
{{Portuguese dialects}}
{{Romance languages}}
Category:Brazilian Portuguese
Category:Pará
Category:Amazonas (Brazilian state)
Category:Acre (state)
Category:Roraima
Category:Amapá
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