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A Romance language spoken in Portugal, Brazil, Angola, Mozambique and other former Portuguese colonies. For non-linguistic questions about the Portuguese language, visit our sister site Portuguese Language Stack Exchange.

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Why does "s" in Portuguese sound like /z/ between vowels?

I am a native speaker of Portuguese and for a long time I've wanted to know why some of the rules of the language are the way they are. … So, there is something I'd like to understand better about Portuguese: Why does the letter "s" sound like /z/ between vowels? …
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History and Reason of Portuguese accentuation marks

What is the background of having rules for marking the accentuated syllables in Portuguese? … Also, I know Latin had marks to indicate long vowels, but do portuguese accent marks come from there? …
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