brazil · Brazil

Brazil (Florianopolitano / Santa Catarina)

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Brazil · Florianópolis / Santa Catarina

Florianópolis was settled largely by Azorean colonists, and it shows: it has its own chiado (coda /s/ -> [ʃ]), inherited from Azorean Portuguese rather than from Rio, which sets it apart from its Gaúcho neighbor to the south.

Azorean-descended chiado: coda /s/ -> [ʃ]Distinct from neighboring Gaúcho Portuguese/t d/ palatalize before /i/Moderate guttural R

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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
Final Consonant Dropfinal_consonant_drop	none	Drill
Vowel Reductionvowel_reduction	crisp_open	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
Coda S Palatalizationcoda_s_palatalization	Yes	Drill
R Guttural Strengthr_guttural_strength	moderate	Drill
Final Vowel Raisingfinal_vowel_raising	Yes	Drill