lusophone_africa · Angola

Angola (Benguela)

lusophone_africaintermediate

Reference-quality preset: a phonetic matrix and a short blurb, not a full flagship build-out. See a flagship variety (Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic, Cuba, Panama) for situations, cultural context, sayings, and a guided path.

Angola · Benguela

Benguela shares Luanda's core Bantu-substrate profile (fortified stops, unreduced vowels) but carries a noticeably slower, more rural-inflected cadence than the capital's urban norm.

Vowels resist reduction/b d g/ fortitionSlower, rural-inflected cadence than LuandaRetained final vowels

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Active features

Every phonetic parameter that deviates from this schema’s diffing anchor, with a plain-English gloss.

Feature	Value	Drill
Languagelanguage	pt	Drill
Mixed Languagesmixed_languages	—	Drill
S Treatments_treatment	standard	Drill
D Intervocalicd_intervocalic	standard	Drill
D Finald_final	standard	Drill
R Infinitiver_infinitive	standard	Drill
B D G Fortitionb_d_g_fortition	Yes	Drill
Final Consonant Dropfinal_consonant_drop	none	Drill
Vowel Reductionvowel_reduction	crisp_open	Drill
Speech Ratespeech_rate	slow	Drill
Vowel Nasalizationvowel_nasalization	phonemic	Drill
Mid Vowel Qualitymid_vowel_quality	seven_vowel_open_close	Drill