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Oduardo Lopez
Portuguese traveler
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report of Kongo language
- In Niger-Congo languages: Early records
…based on information provided by Oduardo Lopez, a Portuguese traveler to Luanda in 1578. The first extant book written in a Niger-Congo language was published in 1624. This 134-page book was the work of three Jesuit priests. It consists of a catechism in Portuguese with an interlinear translation into Kongo.
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