VILI ( Tsivili, Civili, Ivili, Fiote, Fiot, Bavili )

Spoken by 7,400 people in Kouilou Province in Congo. Also spoken by 3,800 people in southern Gabon, on the coast near Mayumba.
Linguistic Lineage for Vili
Congo - Gabon

Tat'itu

Djé ké ku me ilu
Bu tinu bu’aku bu tuu :ke
M’vuilu’aku u vangene fe li si bune bu ke ku ilu
Tu va a:ni bu buay ndiwu’itu i muse be wuwu
Tu kobulile mi sange mu n’nèke’itu
Bune tu nkabulilange ivitu mi sange mu bane be tu bunduli
U tu sulikini fe lu vulumuku ko
Kasi tu yobuli fe mioku m’bi mambu.
Amen

Contributed by Gervais Loembe, professor in Orléans - E-mail gervaisyagerv@aol.com and Michel Malherbe, chief editor of "Parlons..." collection at Harmattan publishing house, Paris, France. - E-mail clubkievmm@aol.com

Hail Mary!

I ku bile Mari

I ku bile Mari
U èli i grasi zambi ké i’aku
Djiè u viokisi bu tchiéto boo :su
Muan’aku vuma
Y ‘esu li kundi li tchi vumu tchiaku vuma

Santa Maria, Mama zambi
Sambilange bèsu bange me sumu
A bubu i tangu lu fua lu itu.
Amen

Contributed by Gervais Loembe, professor in Orléans - E-mail gervaisyagerv@aol.com and Michel Malherbe, chief editor of "Parlons..." collection at Harmattan publishing house, Paris, France. - E-mail clubkievmm@aol.com

Hail Mary!

Source: "AVE MARIA in 404 lingue"
Ordine Equestro del San Sepolcro di Gerusalemme, Milano (1931).
Contributed by David G. Landsnes, MD - E-mail dgwlmd@superlink.net

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