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Brazil (Caipira / São Paulo Interior)

brazilintermediate

Brazil · São Paulo Interior / Rural

Caipira's calling card is the retroflex 'R caipira' [ɻ], heard in porta and mulher -- the schema has no dedicated retroflex-R value, so this preset approximates it with r_initial='assibilated' (the closest available IPA-adjacent option, [ɹ̝~ʐ] rather than the true [ɻ]) and r_guttural_strength='none' to keep it firmly non-guttural.

Retroflex 'R caipira' [ɻ] (approximated here as assibilated /r/)No chiado: plain coda /s/Rural, unhurried register/t d/ palatalize before /i/

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Active features

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

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