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Brazil (Brasiliense / Brasília)

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Brazil · Brasília / Distrito Federal

Brasília is a planned capital built by internal migrants from across Brazil, so its Portuguese is a genuine koiné: it keeps the pan-Brazilian core (palatalization, final raising, nasalization) but without a single strong regional marker like Rio's chiado or Minas's syncopation.

Mixed, migrant-koiné profile -- no single dominant regional markerNo chiado/t d/ palatalize before /i/Moderate guttural R

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Active features

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FeatureValueMeaningDrill
LanguagelanguageptDrill
Mixed Languagesmixed_languagesDrill
S Treatments_treatmentstandardDrill
D Intervocalicd_intervocalicstandardDrill
D Finald_finalstandardDrill
Final Consonant Dropfinal_consonant_dropnoneDrill
Vowel Reductionvowel_reductioncrisp_openDrill
Vowel Nasalizationvowel_nasalizationphonemicDrill
Mid Vowel Qualitymid_vowel_qualityseven_vowel_open_closeDrill
T D Palatalizationt_d_palatalizationbefore_high_frontDrill
L Vocalizationl_vocalizationYesDrill
R Guttural Strengthr_guttural_strengthmoderateDrill
Final Vowel Raisingfinal_vowel_raisingYesDrill