Português moçambicano

Portuguese (Mozambique)

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Mozambican Portuguese (Português de Moçambique) is the variety spoken in Mozambique by ~3M people as an official language. It shares the European Portuguese phonological base but with influences from local Bantu languages and patterns similar to other African Portuguese varieties. The phonetic realizations provided closely follow the European Portuguese parent system (pt_eu) documented in linguistic sources, with some regional variation in vowel and consonant realizational patterns influenced by substrate languages. The variety maintains the characteristic European Portuguese features includin

Where it is spoken

20 core words in Portuguese (Mozambique)

Water

água

/ˈaɡwɐ/

Fire

fogo

/ˈfoɡu/

Sun

sol

/sɔl/

Moon

lua

/ˈluɐ/

Mother

mãe

/mɐ̃j/

Father

pai

/paj/

Eat

comer

/kuˈmeɾ/

Drink

beber

/bɨˈbeɾ/

Love

amor

/ɐˈmoɾ/

Heart

coração

/kuɾɐˈsɐ̃w/

Tree

árvore

/ˈaɾvuɾɨ/

House

casa

/ˈkazɐ/

Dog

cão

/kɐ̃w/

Cat

gato

/ɡatu/

Hand

mão

/mɐ̃w/

Eye

olho

/ˈoʎu/

Hello

olá

/ɔˈla/

Thank you

obrigado

/obɾiˈɡadu/

One

um

/ũ/

Good

bom

/bõ/

Words compared

Compared with related Romance languages

Meaning Portuguese (Mozambique)Portuguese (Europe)undefined (Angolan)Portuguese (Cape Verdean)Macanese PortuguesePortuguese (Brazil)Mirandese
Water água /ˈaɡwɐ/ água /ˈaɡwɐ/ água /aɡwa/ água /ˈa.ɣwɐ/ água /aɣwɐ/ água /ˈaɡwɐ/ auga /ˈawɣa/
Fire fogo /ˈfoɡu/ fogo /ˈfoɡu/ fogo /foɡu/ fogo /ˈfo.ɣu/ fogo /foɣu/ fogo /foɡu/ fuogo /ˈfwoɣu/
Sun sol /sɔl/ sol /sɔɫ/ sol /sɔl/ sol /ˈsɔɫ/ sol /sol/ sol /sɔw/ sol /sɔl/
Moon lua /ˈluɐ/ lua /luɐ/ lua /lua/ lua /ˈlu.ɐ/ lua /luɐ/ lua /luɐ/ luna /ˈluna/
Mother mãe /mɐ̃j/ mãe /mɐ̃j/ mãe /mɐ̃j/ mãe /ˈmɐ̃j̃/ mãe /mɐ̃j̃/ mãe /mãj/ mai /maj/
Father pai /paj/ pai /paj/ pai /paj/ pai /ˈpaj/ pai /paj/ pai /paj/ pai /paj/
Eat comer /kuˈmeɾ/ comer /kuˈmeɾ/ comer /kumeɾ/ comer /kuˈmeɾ/ comer /kumeɾ/ comer /komeɾ/ comer /koˈmeɾ/
Drink beber /bɨˈbeɾ/ beber /bɨˈbeɾ/ beber /bebeɾ/ beber /bɨˈβeɾ/ beber /bɨβeɾ/ beber /bebeɾ/ bubir /buˈβiɾ/
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