Português angolano

Portuguese (Angolan)

Romance

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Angolan Portuguese (~17M speakers) is the variety of Portuguese spoken in Angola, where it is the official language and increasingly a first language in cities. Phonologically closer to European Portuguese, but under Bantu influence it reduces unstressed vowels far less — giving fuller, clearer vowels — with distinctive rhythm and vocabulary from Kimbundu, Umbundu and Kikongo.

Where it is spoken

31 core words in Portuguese (Angolan)

Water

água

/aɡwa/

Fire

fogo

/foɡu/

Sun

sol

/sɔl/

Moon

lua

/lua/

Star

estrela

/ɨʃˈtɾelɐ/

Mother

mãe

/mɐ̃j/

Father

pai

/paj/

I

eu

/ew/

You

tu

/tu/

Name

nome

/ˈnomɨ/

Eye

olho

/oʎu/

Hand

mão

/mɐ̃w/

Heart

coração

/kuɾasɐ̃w/

Love

amor

/amoɾ/

Tree

árvore

/aɾvoɾe/

House

casa

/kaza/

Dog

cão

/kɐ̃w̃/

Cat

gato

/ɡatu/

Eat

comer

/kumeɾ/

Drink

beber

/bebeɾ/

One

um

/ũ/

Two

dois

/dojʃ/

Hello

olá

/ɔla/

Thank you

obrigado

/obɾiɡadu/

Good

bom

/bõ/

Cuckoo

cuco

/ˈkuku/

Computer

computador

/kõputaˈdoɾ/

Sushi

sushi

/ˈsuʃi/

Words compared

Compared with related Romance languages

Meaning Portuguese (Angolan)Macanese PortuguesePortuguesePortuguese (Mozambique)Portuguese (Brazil)Portuguese (Cape Verdean)Cape Verdean Creole
Water água /aɡwa/ água /aɣwɐ/ água /ˈaɡwɐ/ água /ˈaɡwɐ/ água /ˈaɡwɐ/ água /ˈa.ɣwɐ/ agu /aɡu/
Fire fogo /foɡu/ fogo /foɣu/ fogo /ˈfoɡu/ fogo /ˈfoɡu/ fogo /foɡu/ fogo /ˈfo.ɣu/ fogu /foɡu/
Sun sol /sɔl/ sol /sol/ sol /sɔɫ/ sol /sɔl/ sol /sɔw/ sol /ˈsɔɫ/ sol /sɔl/
Moon lua /lua/ lua /luɐ/ lua /luɐ/ lua /ˈluɐ/ lua /luɐ/ lua /ˈlu.ɐ/ lua /lua/
Star estrela /ɨʃˈtɾelɐ/ estrela /ɨʃˈtɾelɐ/ estrela /ɨʃˈtɾelɐ/ estrela /ɨʃˈtɾelɐ/ estrela /isˈtɾelɐ/ estrela /ʃˈtɾelɐ/ strela /ˈstɾelɐ/
Mother mãe /mɐ̃j/ mãe /mɐ̃j̃/ mãe /mɐ̃j/ mãe /mɐ̃j/ mãe /mãj/ mãe /ˈmɐ̃j̃/ mãi /mɐ̃j/
Father pai /paj/ pai /paj/ pai /paj/ pai /paj/ pai /paj/ pai /ˈpaj/ pai /paj/
I eu /ew/ eu /ew/ eu /ew/ eu /ew/ eu /ew/ eu /ew/ mi /mi/
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