The question is actually more complicated than it seems, To begin with, there is no such thing as an Azorean "sotaque", i.e. pronunciation or accent. There are Azorean "sotaques". The pronunciation of the Portuguese spoken on Santa Maria, S. Miguel, Terceira and Faial are all distinct, and the Micaelense pronunciation is perhaps the most distinct of all the island "sotaques." There is no such thing as an Azorean "dialect" any more than there are American "dialects". The Portuguese language as written in the Azores is the same as the Portuguese written in Lisbon, just as the English written in Mississippi is the same as the English written in Massachusetts. For sure there are differences in pronunciation, some structural differences and idiomatic expressions, but the grammar and spelling are the same. Having said all that, the Portuguese brought from the islands to different places where the diaspora settled, very often developed characteristics of it own. In Fall River, it is pehr-nuj [e as in bad and u as in us] and sher-eesse (most Azoreans in Fall River are from S. Miguel, thus the er instead of the oh and the French u instead of the oy, and there is a tendency to drop the last syllable). I hope this helps. John Miranda Raposo
From: David Perry <djperr...@sbcglobal.net> To: azores@googlegroups.com Sent: Friday, July 12, 2013 4:10 PM Subject: [AZORES-Genealogy] Pronunciation, Lisbon vs. Sao Miguel Portuguese I'm starting to learn Portuguese and everything I see and hear doesn't sound at all like what I remember as a child while listening to my born in Sao Miguel father talking to his relatives and neighbors, all of whom spoke only Portuguese. For instance, I specifically remember very well two words: "legs" which my father pronounced pad-nish (doesn't sound at all like what I see in a dictionary - pernas) and chourico which my father pronounced shoo-dees. How different is the Sao Miguel Portuguese from Lisbon Portuguese? Are there a few general rules I can follow such as "r's sound like d's" or "drop the ending vowel" as in the two examples above? David -- For options, such as changing to List, Digest, Abridged, or No Mail (vacation) mode, log into your Google account and visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Azores. Click in the blue area on the right that says "Join this group" and it will take you to "Edit my membership." --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Azores Genealogy" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to azores+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to azores@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/azores. -- For options, such as changing to List, Digest, Abridged, or No Mail (vacation) mode, log into your Google account and visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Azores. Click in the blue area on the right that says "Join this group" and it will take you to "Edit my membership." --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Azores Genealogy" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to azores+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to azores@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/azores.
