Gaúcho dialect

Its phonology is heavily similar to Rioplatense Spanish, including its characteristics of the speaking syllabic rhythm, use of L-vocalization in the syllable coda, and little use nasal vowels, basically restricted to the monophthong /ɐ̃/ and the diphthongs /ɐ̃w̃, õj̃/.

Another feature in the heart of Rio Grande do Sul is the absence of vowel reduction with word-final ⟨e⟩ (for example, leite is /ˈlejte/ instead of /ˈlejt⁽ᶴ⁾i/). In some other cities in this region, the nasal monophthong /ɐ̃/ is heightened to /ə̃/.

Grammatically, one of its most notable features is the use of tu, instead of você, with the verb conjugating differently: e.g. tu corre and tu lava instead of *tu corres and *tu lavas. However, use of the standard você is also not rare. The same feature also occurs in other dialects of Brazilian Portuguese.

• Gaucho
• Portuguese dialects
• Portuguese phonology