European Portuguese
European Portuguese, also known as
Continental Portuguese, is a group of
Portuguese dialects spoken in
Portugal. The standard dialect is traditionally based on
Estremenho dialect of Coimbra, where the single university of country existed for centuries, and, currently, also Lisbon's, despite the pronunciation of Lisbon is still perceived by many as a dialect. Being the standard form and because most African politicians studied in that university, it is also the standard form in
Angola,
Mozambique,
Guinea Bissau,
Cape Verde,
São Tomé and Príncipe,
East Timor, and
Macau, although there is a very wide variety of regional dialects. Brazil was also once influenced by the dialect of Coimbra, before it established its own universities where the country‘s elites started studying.
Brazilian Portuguese, while being distinct in vocabulary, spelling and pronunciation from the European form of the language, remains intelligible to speakers of European Portuguese, in much the same way as
British English is comprehensible to speakers of other dialects of
English outside the UK.
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Description of the pronunciation rules of European Portuguese*
Description of the pronunciation rules of Brazilian Portuguese
