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Brazil (Paulistano / São Paulo City)
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Brazil · São Paulo (Capital)
Paulistano speech shares Rio's /t d/-palatalization and final-vowel raising, but firmly rejects the chiado: coda /s/ stays a plain sibilant, and the R is a light tap rather than Rio's guttural rasp.
No chiado: coda /s/ stays [s]Light tapped/retroflex-adjacent R (not guttural)/t d/ -> [tʃ dʒ] before /i/Final unstressed /e o/ raise to [i u]
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| 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 | |
| Speech Ratespeech_rate | fast | 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 | |
| Final Vowel Raisingfinal_vowel_raising | Yes | Drill |