Brazilian Portuguese
E22088
Brazilian Portuguese is the variety of the Portuguese language spoken in Brazil, characterized by distinct pronunciation, vocabulary, and grammar compared to European Portuguese.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Brazilian Portuguese canonical | 60 |
| Catarinense Portuguese | 1 |
| European Portuguese | 1 |
| Gaúcho Portuguese | 1 |
| Paulistano Portuguese | 1 |
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Romance language variety
ⓘ
standardized language variety ⓘ variety of Portuguese language ⓘ |
| countryOfUse | Brazil ⓘ |
| hasDistinctFeatureFrom |
European Portuguese in grammar
ⓘ
European Portuguese in pronunciation ⓘ European Portuguese in vocabulary ⓘ |
| hasGrammaticalFeature |
limited use of pronoun "tu" in most regions except the South and North
ⓘ
preference for simple past over present perfect in many contexts ⓘ preferential use of subject pronoun "você" for second person singular ⓘ tendency to use subject pronouns more frequently than European Portuguese ⓘ use of gerund constructions for progressive aspect ⓘ use of third person object pronouns is often replaced by tonic pronouns or clitic omission in speech ⓘ |
| hasInfluenceFrom |
African languages
ⓘ
Portuguese language ⓘ
surface form:
European Portuguese
German language ⓘ Indigenous Brazilian languages ⓘ Italian language ⓘ Japanese ⓘ
surface form:
Japanese language
|
| hasLexicalFeature |
lexical differences from European Portuguese for everyday items
ⓘ
many words of African origin ⓘ many words of Indigenous origin ⓘ |
| hasPhonologicalFeature |
distinctive pronunciation compared to European Portuguese
ⓘ
frequent reduction of word-final consonants in casual speech ⓘ palatalization of /t/ and /d/ before /i/ in many dialects ⓘ widespread use of open vowels in unstressed syllables ⓘ |
| hasRegionalVariant |
Amazonian dialects
ⓘ
Carioca dialect ⓘ Gaúcho dialect ⓘ Mineiro dialect ⓘ Nordestino dialect ⓘ Paulistano dialect ⓘ |
| ISOCode | pt-BR ⓘ |
| languageFamily |
Ibero-Romance languages
ⓘ
Indo-European languages ⓘ Romance languages ⓘ Western Romance languages ⓘ |
| officialStatus |
de facto national language of Brazil
ⓘ
official language of Brazil ⓘ |
| orthography |
Orthographic Agreement of 1990
ⓘ
surface form:
follows Portuguese Language Orthographic Agreement of 1990
|
| partOf | Portuguese language ⓘ |
| primaryWordOrder | subject–verb–object ⓘ |
| regulatingBody | Academia Brasileira de Letras ⓘ |
| spokenBy | majority of population of Brazil ⓘ |
| usedIn |
Brazilian education system
ⓘ
Brazilian government ⓘ Brazilian literature ⓘ Brazilian media ⓘ Brazilian popular music ⓘ |
| writingSystem | Latin alphabet ⓘ |
Referenced by (64)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
European Portuguese
this entity surface form:
Paulistano Portuguese
subject surface form:
Macau (Rio Grande do Norte)
subject surface form:
Jardim São Paulo (Recife)
subject surface form:
Federal District (Brazil)
subject surface form:
Southern Brazil
this entity surface form:
Gaúcho Portuguese
subject surface form:
Southern Brazil
this entity surface form:
Catarinense Portuguese