lingua geral (English spelling) linguageral

…The number of Portuguese colonists who immigrated is unknown, but in the early days, the migration pattern was male-biased, and intermarriage progressed rapidly. The Tupi language was systematized by Jesuit missionaries, and in the early days, it was widely used as a common language called lingua geral by colonists, local mixed race people, and non-Tupian peoples. Approximately 3.6 million black people (mainly Bantu and Yoruba) were forcibly migrated from Africa, mainly as slave labor for sugar cane cultivation. They made up the overwhelming majority of the population, especially in the coastal area from São Paulo to Maranhão, but the death rate was high and intermarriage progressed. …

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Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

…ポルトガル植民者の移住数は不明であるが，初期には男性偏重の移住形態を示し，混血が急速に進展した。トゥピ語はイエズス会宣教師によって体系化され，初期にはリングア･ジェラルlingua geralと呼ばれる共通語として植民者，現地生れの混血層，非トゥピ語族間にも広く使用された。アフリカからは主としてサトウキビ栽培の奴隷労働力として約360万人の黒人(おもにバントゥー族，ヨルバ族)が強制移住させられ，ことにサン･パウロからマラニョンに至る沿岸地帯では人口の圧倒的多数を占めたが，死亡率が高く，また混血も進行した。…

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