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people who live in centralUganda . - proper noun a
Bantu language ofTanzania .
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The association of sun with God in Langi came about because of a Southern Cushitic influence.
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Note 77: This is an Eastern Sahelian loanword in Langi "granary hut."
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He killed creatures that had been sent out to gather power for Langi, god of evil, and built up his own power to seal Langi away.
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He killed creatures that had been sent out to gather power for Langi, god of evil, and built up his own power to seal Langi away.
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Just as he is heading down a road labeled “Langi – God of Evil” on page seven, a young boy runs through the door and grabs him.
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He killed creatures that had been sent out to gather power for Langi, god of evil, and built up his own power to seal Langi away.
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According to Kesby, Langi (sometimes spelled Rangi) speakers of the Kati subgroup remembered that in the 1930s, when they were still young, Mulungu "God" was associated with the sun.
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Because it also occurs to the north among the Langi, this term can be argued to have spread via the West Ruvu group, probably from Gogo, to Langi. 13 * Mulala is a third Ruvu term used to name birth attendants.
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This represents a likely word transfer introduced by Langi speakers into Gogo and Kagulu communities some time after the end of the first millennium CE. 77 Zigua, Doe, and Kwere speakers used an additional indoor storeroom termed - gulu.
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This designation parallels the Langi and Njombe uses of muhinja, and thus maintains the idea associated with a level of maturity that had been acknowledged in earlier Kati Bantu speech communities.
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