Complex sentence: Língua Geral (Portuguese: literally "general language") or Nheengatu is a lingua franca used in Brazil created under the colonial administration of the Portuguese to achieve more effective communication among the linguistically diverse territory.
Split into simpler sentences: Língua Geral (Portuguese: literally "general language") or Nheengatú is a lingua franca spoken in Brazil. It was created under the colonial administration of the Portuguese to achieve more effective communication among the linguistically diverse territory.