Typologically rare nasalized vowels in Native South American languages

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Saying my name

Napoleão de Souza is my family name.

It follows Portuguese tradition in being long!

English speakers usually pronounce it as:

[ nəpʰəlɪˈaw dəˈsuːzə ]

Whereas in careful Brazilian Portuguese:

[nɐpoleˈɐ̃ʊ̯̃ dʒɪˈsoʊzɐ]

And this is the way I myself say it:

However, there is no need to stress about it since I am fine with hearing it in different accents and pronunciations!

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