The article intends to present briefly the history of dialectological studies in Portugal from their
beginnings in the latter half of the 19th century, enumerating linguists who have contributed considerably
to the development of research in this field. It also includes some divisions of the Portuguese
territory on lexical areas, as well as a classification of the geographical varieties of Portuguese
language and other dialects spoken in continental Portugal with their principal caracteristics, based on
still actual works of Luís F. Lindley Cintra. Moreover, there are mentioned some important
bibliographical references relative to the issue.

The article intends to present briefly the history of dialectological studies in Portugal from their
beginnings in the latter half of the 19th century, enumerating linguists who have contributed considerably
to the development of research in this field. It also includes some divisions of the Portuguese
territory on lexical areas, as well as a classification of the geographical varieties of Portuguese
language and other dialects spoken in continental Portugal with their principal caracteristics, based on
still actual works of Luís F. Lindley Cintra. Moreover, there are mentioned some important
bibliographical references relative to the issue.