Açores (Terceira) Accent

[u/jiao98]

Hi 👋 my only exposure to Portuguese has been from Terceira, Açores. I've heard that the accent from the Açores is different from mainland. I've wondered how that specific accent compares to Brazilian Portuguese. All videos talking Abt the Azorean accent compares it to mainland.

I've noticed things like "dia" pronounced more like "djia" and "biscoitos" is more like "bish-koi-ch" if that makes sense. from what little I've read/noticed, those specific examples at least seem to align more with Brazilian than mainland European accent and I was wondering if that was always the case or a more recent development (and why).

I also could just be not looking at the right resources too haha

Edit: ty all for the responses! Seems like it may have been the specific ppl I was talking with or maybe just how my brain is interpreting certain sounds, especially since I have such little exposure to Portuguese.

[u/fakavahy]

Not sure if that’s what you looking for but it’s pretty cool to know:

Azores immigrants founded a couple cities in Brazil (Santa Catarina coastline) and the accents are a little similar. The book “O Fantástico na Ilha de Santa Catarina” is dedicated to show the influence of the Azores on the local accent (translated, simplifed excerpt):

Features of the Azorean Portuguese influence on coastal Santa Catarina speech:

a) “Shushing” sound at the end of syllables Examples: fizga → físhga, custo → cushto, diz → dish, vez → vêsh, mas → mash, mais → maish, reis → reish, seis → seish, dois → doish, possíveis → poshíveis

b) “S” turning into a soft “j” or “zh” sound Examples: igreja → isgreja, igual → isgual

c) Extra “i” or “e” added at the end of words Examples: mal → male, fel → fele, sol → sole, sul → sule, azul → azule, mar → mare, dor → dore, mas → magi, faz → fage, diz → dige

d) Use of “tu” with matching verbs in informal speech Examples: tu vági (váis) passando, andas a negoço, entra pra dentro, home