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Tem·ne  (tmn)
n. pl. Temne or Tem·nes
1. A member of a people living in Sierra Leone.
2. The West Atlantic language of this people.
Temne [ˈtɛmnɪ ˈtɪm-]
n
1. (Social Science / Peoples) pl -nes, -ne a member of a Negroid people of N Sierra Leone
2. (Linguistics / Languages) the language of this people, closely related to Bantu
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