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original Pygmy language." But when, in the Congo Forest, I proceeded to 

 write down the Mbuba tongue, its close resemblance to the Pygmy language 



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became at once apparent. There do remain, it is true, a few words peculiar 

 to the Dwarfs, and these may constitute fragments of their aboriginal 

 speech. Of course, it might be argued that Mbuba tuas their original and 

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