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<DIV>Would somebody be able to identify the language of the text below? It seems
Bantu - but which language? (The sheet music that I got this from just says
it is written "in the African language"!)</DIV>
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<DIV>Also, are the words and translations correct?</DIV>
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<DIV>Thank you very much!</DIV>
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<DIV>Edith Moravcsik</DIV>
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<DIV>O sifuni Mungu</DIV>
<DIV>('Ah, praise God')</DIV>
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<DIV>Viumbe vyote vya Mungu wetu na </DIV>
<DIV> Mfal me wetu,</DIV>
<DIV>('All creatures of our God and King,')</DIV>
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<DIV>Pazeni sauti ilinasi mwimbe.</DIV>
<DIV>('Lift up your voice and sing with us.')</DIV>
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<DIV>Watu wote, viumbe vyote, awaye yote, sifu Mungu!</DIV>
<DIV>('All men, all creatures, everybody praise God!')</DIV>
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<DIV>Edith A. Moravcsik<BR>Professor of Linguistics<BR>Department of
Foreign<BR> Languages and Linguistics<BR>University of
Wisconsin-<BR> Milwaukee<BR>Milwaukee, WI
53201-0413</DIV>
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<DIV>E-mail: <A href="mailto:edith@uwm.edu">edith@uwm.edu</A><BR>Tel: (414)
229-6794<BR>Fax: (414) 229-2741</DIV></BODY></HTML>