One of the phonological characteristics of Portuguese is nasal vowels. Another language which shares this feature is French. Spanish, however, does not have nasal vowels. Here is a list of Portuguese words with nasal vowels on the left and the Spanish equivalents on the right:
ação acción (action)
ações acciones (actions)
mão mano (hand)
mundo mundo (world)
ponte puente (bridge)
razão razón (reason)
sim sí (yes)
som sonido (sound)
tempo tiempo (time)
um uno (one)
Portuguese has nasal vowels. This is a feature of Portuguese which makes it distinct from Spanish. The nasals /m/ and /n/ are deleted in the syllable coda and assimilated to the preceding vowel. This can also be analyzed as coalescence.
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