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Brazil (Baiano / Salvador)
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Brazil · Salvador / Bahia
Baiano speech carries a distinctive melodic lilt widely attributed to Salvador's deep African (chiefly Yoruba/Bantu) substrate contact, with open, unreduced vowels and a slower, singsong pace compared to the Southeast.
Distinctive melodic, singsong prosody (African-substrate influence)Open, unreduced vowels/t d/ palatalize before /i/Moderate guttural R
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Every phonetic parameter that deviates from this schema’s diffing anchor, with a plain-English gloss.
| Feature | Value | Meaning | Drill |
|---|---|---|---|
| Languagelanguage | pt | Drill | |
| Mixed Languagesmixed_languages | — | Drill | |
| S Treatments_treatment | standard | Drill | |
| D Intervocalicd_intervocalic | standard | Drill | |
| D Finald_final | standard | Drill | |
| Final Consonant Dropfinal_consonant_drop | none | Drill | |
| Vowel Reductionvowel_reduction | crisp_open | Drill | |
| Intonation Contourintonation_contour | central_american_sing | Drill | |
| Vowel Nasalizationvowel_nasalization | phonemic | Drill | |
| Mid Vowel Qualitymid_vowel_quality | seven_vowel_open_close | Drill | |
| T D Palatalizationt_d_palatalization | before_high_front | Drill | |
| L Vocalizationl_vocalization | Yes | Drill | |
| R Guttural Strengthr_guttural_strength | moderate | Drill | |
| Final Vowel Raisingfinal_vowel_raising | Yes | Drill |