Caipira dialect

Caipira Brazilian Portuguese dialect
Caipira Brazilian Portuguese dialect
Pronunciation	Portuguese pronunciation: [kajˈpiɾɐ], locally [kajˈpiɽɐ]
Native to	Rural areas of; São Paulo; Mato Grosso; Mato Grosso do Sul; Goiás; Rondônia; Minas Gerais; Paraná
Native speakers	Unknown; There are about 6 million rural inhabitants in the linguistic area
Language family	Indo-European Italic Latino-Faliscan Latin Romance Italo-Western Western Romance Gallo-Iberian Iberian Romance West Iberian Galician–Portuguese Portuguese Brazilian Portuguese Caipira Brazilian Portuguese dialect; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	–
Glottolog	None
Linguasphere	51-AAA-am

Caipira (Portuguese pronunciation: [kajˈpiɾɐ] ^ⓘ; Old Tupi: ka'apir or kaa-pira, which means "bush cutter") is a Portuguese dialect spoken in the rural areas of the State of São Paulo and adjacent parts of neighbouring Mato Grosso do Sul, Goiás, Minas Gerais, and Paraná.

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