Temne
Americannoun
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a member of a people living mainly in Sierra Leone.
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the West Atlantic language of the Temne people.
noun
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a member of a Negroid people of N Sierra Leone
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the language of this people, closely related to Bantu
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They sang in the Temne and Mende languages.
From Time • Nov. 16, 2016
They were from different ethnic groups: She was a Temne and he, a Mende.
From Washington Post • Jul. 13, 2016
Correction: An earlier version of this story incorrectly stated Isatu Salia was from the Mende ethnic group and Martin Salia was from the Temne ethnic group.
From Washington Post • Jul. 13, 2016
We educated more than 10,000 people, and explained the message in their languages - Temne, Krio and Limba.
From BBC • Nov. 10, 2015
Andrew Jah began to ask the same question in Mende, but I interrupted him in Krio, saying, “I speak Krio, Mende, Temne, Limba, and Arabic.”
From "Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina" by Michaela DePrince
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