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lingua geral

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[zhuh-rahl] / ʒəˈrɑl /

noun

(often initial capital letters)

  1. a lingua franca based on Tupi and spoken in the Amazon basin of South America.

Etymology

Origin of lingua geral

1855–60; < Portuguese: general language

Example Sentences

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It is these that are more properly called sucurujus,—a name belonging to the common language spoken upon the Amazon, a mixture of Portuguese with the ancient tongue of the Supinampas, known as the lingua geral.

From Afloat in the Forest A Voyage among the Tree-Tops by Reid, Mayne

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