North coast dialect | |
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Dialeto da costa norte | |
Pronunciation | Portuguese pronunciation: [dʒiaˈlɛtu da ˈkɔstɐ ˈnɔʁtʃi] |
Native to | North and northwest of Ceará, north of Piauí and northeast of Maranhão |
Native speakers | (undated figure of 8.5 million[citation needed]) |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | – |
Glottolog | None |
Linguasphere | 51-AAA-am |
IETF | pt-BR-u-sd-brce[1] |
North coast dialect (Portuguese: dialeto da costa norte, pronounced [dʒiaˈlɛtu da ˈkɔstɐ ˈnɔʁtʃi]), also called Cearense dialect, is a dialect of Portuguese in the Brazilian state of Ceará, having many internal variations, like in the regions Jaguaribe and Sertões (back-countries).