EURPhon: Portuguese (Estremenho)

Phylum: Indo-European

Genus: Romance

Lat/lon: 39.0, -9.0

ISO code: por

Consonants

Basic short series

	bilabial	labio-velar	labio-dental	dental	alveolar	postalveolar	palatal	velar	uvular
stop	p, b			t̪, d̪				k, g
tap					ɾ
fricative			f, v		s̻, z̻	ʃ, ʒ			ʁ
nasal	m			n̪			ɲ
approximant		w					j
lateral approximant							ʎ

Short velarised series

	alveolar
lateral approximant	ɫ

Vowels

Basic short series

	front	central	back
close	i, i̯		u, ɯ̽, u̯
close-mid	e		o
mid		ə
open-mid	ɛ		ɔ
near-open		ɐ
open		ä

Short nasalised series

	front	central	back
close	ĩ, ĩ̯		ũ, ũ̯
close-mid	ẽ		õ
near-open		ɐ̃
open		ä̃

Licit initial clusters

pɾ, bɾ, t̪ɾ, d̪ɾ, kɾ, gɾ, fɾ, vɾ, pɫ, bɫ, kɫ, gɫ, fɫ, kw, gw, mj, pj, bj, n̪j, t̪j, d̪j, kj, gj, fj, vj, s̻j, z̻j, ʃj, ʒj, ʁj, ɫj, ɾj, ks

Licit finals

p, b, t̪, d̪, k, g, f, ʃ, ʒ, ɫ, ɾ, ks, n̪

Source: Emiliano, António. 2009. Fonética do português europeu: descrição e transcrição. Lisboa: Guimarães.

Comments: Syllable-coda /p/, /b/, /t̪/, /d̪/, /k/, /g/, /f/, /ks/, /n̪/ are marginal; only /ʃ/, /ʒ/, /ɫ/, /ɾ/ normally occur in this position. /ä̃/ occurs as a result of sandhi. /ʁ/ is [ʀ] in some speakers, [r] is dated. /w/ and especially /j/ might variate freely with /u/ and /i/ respectively. /ɫ/ is velarized more heavily in the coda position, less heavily before front vowels. /ɯ̽/ and /ə/ are never stressed. /ũ̯/, /ĩ̯/ agree in nasality with preceding vowels. /ɐ/ is found in stressed position before nasals (where it marginally contrasts with /ä/ in 1Pl markers) and alveo-palatals/palatals (not contrasting with /e/ and /ɛ/).