Alentejan Portuguese
Introduction '''Alentejan Portuguese''' is a dialect of Portuguese spoken in the Portuguese region of Alentejo. It is also spoken, with its own subdialect, in the disputed municipalities of Olivença and Táliga. In this area, the language is currently endangered.
Characteristics * Presence of the article before the possessive pronoun, as in Ladino* The regular use of the gerund in the present tense. * A shift of ''ou'' to ''oi'':  for * Paragoge with ''i'' added to the end of verbs in the infinitive of verbs:  for * The diphthong ''ei'' is replaced by ''e'':  for
Present situation in Olivença and Táliga The 2005 report of the Council of Europe's expert group on the implementation of the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages in Spain asked the Spanish government to furnish information about the situation of Oliventine Portuguese, and for measures for the protection and promotion of that language under the provisions of Article 7 of the charter. However, in the report submitted by Spain in 2006, there are no references to Oliventine Portuguese. In the 2008 report issued by the Council of Europe, the following paragraphs were listed:
See also * Oliventine Portuguese
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