Congolese
Those teachers spoke Kikongo as their first language but also knew Portuguese and Latin.
In Kikongo, the term "mpangi" means "sibling", according to the dictionary.
The missionaries used Kikongo terms to denote Christian conceptions of God, and the spirit.
Kikongo was spoken by many from this region who were sold into slavery in the Americas.

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