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Preferred term

temTimne  

Type

  • Language

Definition

  • Temne (also known as Themne or Timne, ) is a language of the Mel branch of Niger–Congo, spoken in Sierra Leone by about 2 million first speakers. One of the country's most widely spoken languages, it is spoken by 30% of the country’s population. It also serves as a lingua franca for an additional 1,500,000 people living in areas near the Temne people. It is closely related to the neighboring Kissi language.

Entry terms

  • Temne language

ISO 639-2 Bibliographical code

  • tem

ISO 639-2 Terminological code

  • tem

ISO 639-3 code

  • tem

Notation

  • tem

In other languages

  • temne

    French

  • Temne
  • Temne

    German

  • Temnische Sprache
  • temne

    Italian

  • timne

    Portuguese

  • Língua temne
  • temne

    Spanish

  • Idioma temné

URI

http://lexvo.org/id/iso639-3/tem

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