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Mineiro (), Mineirês, or the Brazilian mountain dialect () is the Brazilian Portuguese term for the dialect spoken in the center, East and Southeast regions of the state of Minas Gerais.

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13 sections
Contents
  • Etymology
  • Demography
  • Linguistic geography
  • Most populous cities which speak Mineiro (population>50 000)
  • Linguistic geography of other accents in Minas Gerais
  • Caipira dialect
  • Geraizeiro dialect
  • History
  • History of linguistic study
  • Dialect characteristics
  • See also
  • Notes
  • References

Mineiro (), Mineirês, or the Brazilian mountain dialect () is the Brazilian Portuguese term for the dialect spoken in the center, East and Southeast regions of the state of Minas Gerais.

== Etymology == The term is also the demonym of Minas Gerais.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Mineiro” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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