Temne

[ tem-nee ]

noun,plural Tem·nes, (especially collectively) Tem·ne for 1.
  1. a member of a people living mainly in Sierra Leone.

  2. the West Atlantic language of the Temne people.

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British Dictionary definitions for Temne

Temne

/ (ˈtɛmnɪ, ˈtɪm-) /


noun
  1. plural -nes or -ne a member of a Negroid people of N Sierra Leone

  2. the language of this people, closely related to Bantu

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