Amazofonia

Amazofonia or Nortista dialect is a dialect of Portuguese spoken by most people in Brazil's Amazônia Legal region.^[1] It is spoken in 5 of the 7 Northern states: Acre, Amapá, Amazonas, Pará (partially) and Roraima.^[2]

Amazofonia
Native to	Pará, Amazonas, Acre, Roraima, Amapá
Language family	Indo-European Italic Latin Romance Western Ibero-Romance West Iberian Galician-Portuguese Portuguese Vernacular Brazilian Amazofonia
Language codes
ISO 639-3	–
Glottolog	None
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Variation

Amazofonia has multiple subdialects:

• Traditional dialect: highly influenced by European Portuguese. Mainly spoken in Manaus (Amazonas) and Belém (Pará).^[3]
• Cametaense: spoken in Cametá (Pará) and some regions of Marajó (Pará).^[2][4][5]
• Metropolitano: spoken in the metropolitan regions of Manaus (Amazonas) and Belém (Pará).^[2][6]
• Bragantino: spoken in Bragança (Pará), Capanema (Pará) and Capitão Poço (Pará).^[2]
• Acreano: mainly influenced by Camba Spanish. Spoken in Brasiléia (Acre) and Plácido de Castro (Acre).^[7][8]
• Amapaense or Oiapoquês: spoken in Amapá.^[9]
• Roraimense: spoken in Roraima.^[10]

General characteristics

• Preference for the pronoun tu over você (both meaning "you"), especially in colloquial speech. Você is sometimes used in formal speech, depending on the speaker.
• Palatalization 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
• Portuguese dialects