Central northeastern Portuguese

Central northeastern Portuguese
Central northeastern Portuguese
Dialeto nordestino central
Pronunciation	Portuguese pronunciation: [dʒiaˈlɛtu nɔʁdɛsˈtʃĩnu sẽˈtɾaw]
Native to	Rio Grande do Norte, Paraíba, Alagoas, Sergipe, Pernambuco (except Recife metropolitan area and Zona da Mata), Ceará (South and South-Central, region also known popularly as "Cariri"), Bahia (North and North-Central, in the São Francisco River Valley), southeastern of Piauí and southwest of Maranhão
Native speakers	(undated figure of 50 million[citation needed])
Language family	Indo-European Italic Latin Romance Western Ibero-Romance West Iberian Galician-Portuguese Portuguese Vernacular Brazilian Central northeastern Portuguese; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	–
Glottolog	None
Linguasphere	51-AAA-am
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The central northeastern dialect of Brazilian Portuguese (Portuguese: dialeto nordestino central) is a dialect spoken in the central part of the Northeast Region, Brazil, in all the states of Rio Grande do Norte, Paraíba, Alagoas and Sergipe, much of the state of Pernambuco (except for the Zona da Mata and the Recife metropolitan area), north of Bahia, south of Ceará, southeastern of Piauí and a few regions of Maranhão. It has roughly about 53,000,000 native speakers and varies within the region. This dialect shares similarities between north coast, Baiano and Recifense dialects.