European Portuguese possesses quite a wide range of vowel allophones: The realization of /ɐ/ in this contrast occurs in a limited morphological context, namely in verbal conjugation between the first person plural present and past perfect indicative forms of verbs such as pensamos ('we think') and pensámos ('we thought').

It means that in falamos 'we speak' there is the expected prenasal /a/-raising: [fɐˈlɐmuʃ], while in falámos 'we spoke' there are phonologically two /a/ in crasis: /faˈlaamos/ > [fɐˈlamuʃ].

For example, in northern Portugal, the phonemes /b/ and /v/ are less differentiated than in the rest of the Portuguese speaking world (similar to the other languages of the Iberian peninsula).

Also, the original alveolar trill /r/ remains common in many northern dialects (especially in rural areas), like Transmontano, Portuense, Minhoto, and much of Beirão.

The Galician language, spoken in the Autonomous Community of Galicia in Spain, is very closely related to Portuguese.

Galicia has expressed interest in joining the CPLP as an associate observer pending permission from the Spanish government.

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