%0 Journal Article %T Note on the dialects of Portugal %A Dębowiak, Przemysław %J Romanica Cracoviensia %V Volume 8 (2008) %N Volume 8, Issue 1 %P 21-28 %@ 1732-8705 %D 2008 %U https://ejournals.eu/en/journal/romanica-cracoviensia/article/nota-sobre-os-dialectos-de-portugal %X 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.