Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

lingoa geral

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: lin-goa ger-al
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

Old Tupi (Tupian language used as a lingua franca in early colonial Brasil).

Example Sentences

"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."

Etymology

From Portuguese língua geral (“literally, general language”).

Origin

Source language: Portuguese

Word Breakdown

Root: língua geral

Questions

What does lingoa geral mean?: Old Tupi (Tupian language used as a lingua franca in early colonial Brasil).
Where does lingoa geral come from?: It is traced to Portuguese.

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