European Portuguese

European Portuguese (Portuguese: português europeu, pronounced: [puɾtuˈɣez ewɾuˈpew]) also known as Portuguese of Portugal (Portuguese: português de Portugal), Iberian Portuguese (Portuguese: português ibérico), Peninsular Portuguese (Portuguese: português peninsular) is a dialect of Portuguese language spoken in Portugal.

European Portuguese
Português europeu
Native to	Portugal
Native speakers	40 million (2012)
Language family	Indo-European Italic Romance Western Romance Ibero-Romance West-Iberian Galician-Portuguese Portuguese European Portuguese
Language codes
ISO 639-3	–
Glottolog	None
IETF	pt-PT
Dialectical continuum of Iberian Romance languages including European Portuguese and its dialects.

Sara, a speaker of European Portuguese

Phonology

Oral vowels Front Central Back Close i ɨ u Close-mid e o Open-mid ɛ ɐ ɔ Open a

Nasal vowels Front Central Back Close ĩ ũ Mid ẽ õ Open ɐ̃

Oral diphthongs Endpoint /j/ /w/ Start point /a/ aj aw /ɐ/ ɐj ɐw /ɛ/ ɛj ɛw /e/ ej ew /i/ iw /ɔ/ ɔj /o/ oj ow /u/ uj

Nasal diphthongs Endpoint /j̃/ /w̃/ Start point /ɐ̃/ ɐ̃j̃ ɐ̃w̃ /ẽ/ ẽj̃ /õ/ õj̃ /ũ/ ũj̃

Other websites

• Description of the pronunciation rules of European Portuguese Archived 2013-11-04 at the Wayback Machine
• Description of the pronunciation rules of Brazilian Portuguese
• Tables with the pronunciation of each vowel and consonant letter in European Portuguese
• Article on variation in European Portuguese
• On gerund clauses of Portuguese dialects