Amazofonia

Amazofonia or Nortista dialect is a dialect of Portuguese spoken by most people in Brazil's Amazônia Legal region. It's spoken in 5 of the 7 Northern states: Acre, Amazonas, Pará (partially) and Roraima.

Variation
Amazofonia has multiple subdialects:
 * Traditional dialect: highly influenced by European Portuguese. Mainly spoken in Manaus (Amazonas) and Belém (Pará).
 * Cametaense: spoken in Cametá (Pará) and some regions of Marajó (Pará).
 * Metropolitano: spoken in the metropolitan regions of Manaus (Amazonas) and Belém (Pará).
 * Bragantino: spoken in Bragança (Pará), Capanema (Pará) and Capitão Poço (Pará).
 * Acreano: mainly influenced by Spanish. Spoken in Brasiléia (Acre) and Plácido de Castro (Acre).
 * Amapaense or Oiapoquês: spoken in Amapá.
 * Roraimense: spoken in Roraima.

General characteristics

 * Preference for the pronoun tu over você (both meaning "you"), especially in colloquial speech. Você is sometimes used in formal speech, depending on the speaker.
 * Palatalization of [d], [l], [n] and [t] to [dʒ], [ʎ], [ɲ] and [tʃ] before [i], [ĩ].
 * Syllable-final [s] and [z] are both pronounced [ʃ].
 * Unique vocabulary. For example: cunhã, carapanã, caba, muquira, etc.