Temne

[ tem-nee ]

noun

, plural Tem·nes, (especially collectively) Tem·ne

1. a member of a people living mainly in Sierra Leone.
2. the West Atlantic language of the Temne people.

Temne

/ ˈtɪm-; ˈtɛmnɪ /

noun

1. -nes-ne a member of a Negroid people of N Sierra Leone
2. the language of this people, closely related to Bantu

Example Sentences

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 Literature

“What need does she have of womanly chores? She is only a child herself,” Papa would remind his brother, and then couldn’t resist adding: “Yes, not even four years old, and yet she speaks Mende, Temne, Limba, Krio, and Arabic. She picks up languages from the marketplace and learns quickly. She will surely become a scholar.”

From Literature

They sang in the Temne and Mende languages.

From Time

They were from different ethnic groups: She was a Temne and he, a Mende.

From Washington Post

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