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Lingoa Geral
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English
Etymology
From en pt língua geral literally, general language.
Proper noun
Lingoa Geral
en Old Tupi Tupian language used as a lingua franca in early colonial Brasil.
One useful result of his former experiences was that he could talk fluently in the Lingoa Geral, which is the peculiar talk, one-third Portuguese and two-thirds Indian, which is current all over Brazil.