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#902: what about moun? Keesey asks

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Subject: #902: what about moun? Keesey asks
From: Robert Corbett <bcorbett@netcom.com>
Date: Wed, 10 Nov 1999 08:48:53 -0800 (PST)
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From: Christopher Keesey <tanbou1@yahoo.com>

I've been questioning the origins of the word
"moun"(person) in Haitian Kreyol for a few months now.
Is it possible that this word came from the African
word "muntu" which also means person in Kongo region
Bantu languages?
                    Christopher Keesey

 

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