Kikongo
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These words are believed to come from a southerly dialect of Kongo.
Most emigrants from the interior learnt Kongo, Kimbundu, or Umbundu.
In the far north, around one million people speak Kongo.
"Loa" is the Kongo word for spirits, and it is used in Haitian Vodou and New Orleans Voodoo.
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