单词 | tallensi |
释义 | Tallensin.adj. A. n. 1. An African people of Northern Ghana. ΘΚΠ the world > people > ethnicities > peoples of Africa > peoples of West Africa > [noun] Fulbe1623 Mandingo1623 Akani1662 Gola1670 Ashanti1705 Beninese1705 Wolof1745 Igbo1757 Susu1786 Temne1791 Mossi1819 Ibibio1822 Koranko1825 Vaia1832 Sherbro1836 Yoruba1843 Akan1849 Songhai1851 Yoruban1853 Mitshi1854 Ijo1856 Igbirra1863 Soninke1869 Efik1876 Kanuri1876 Fante1879 Malinke1883 Mande1883 Kissi1884 Nupe1885 Mende1887 Ho1890 Benin1897 Limba1902 Munchi1905 Kono1909 Senufo1911 Tallensi1920 Yakö1926 Mandinka1957 Tiv1960 Togolese1962 Loma1964 1920 A. W. Cardinall Natives N. Territories Gold Coast i. 1 The area..is peopled by mixed races, of which the principal tribes are Nankanni, Nabdam, Talansi..and Builsa. 1949 M. Fortes Web of Kinship among Tallensi i. 1 The Tallensi are typical of the great congeries of Mole-Dagbane-speaking peoples that occupy the basin of the Volta rivers in the French Ivory Coast. 1972 J. Goody in P. Laslett Household & Family 106 The Tallensi and the Ashanti of Ghana. 2. The language spoken by this people, belonging to the Voltaic or Gur group of the Niger-Congo languages. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > languages of the world > African languages > Niger-Kordofanian > [noun] > Niger-Congo > Niger-Congo proper languages > Voltaic > Voltaic languages Mole1918 Tallensi1952 Mooré1961 1952 Westermann & Bryan Lang. W. Afr. v. 65 Talensi, own name talene. Language. Spoken by: Talensi (Tallensi, Tallense, Talansi, Talense), call themselves talis, talensi (Sing. talenja, talenga). Where spoken: Gold Coast, Zuarungu District. 1963 Internat. Jrnl. Amer. Linguistics 29 i. 8 An enumeration of the membership of the Niger-Congo family by tentative genetic subfamilies follows..Gur:..Talensi. B. adj. Of or relating to this people or their language. ΘΚΠ the world > people > ethnicities > peoples of Africa > peoples of West Africa > [adjective] Akani1686 Ashantian1705 Igbo1732 Mandingo1744 Nago1775 Temne1791 Wolof1828 Nupe1829 Kru1835 Gola1843 Mpongwe1844 Efik1849 Yoruban1853 Mossi1854 Fulbe1857 Ewe1861 Fan1861 Ibibio1862 Akan1863 Fon1864 Soninke1870 Mende1872 Ijo1883 Mande1883 Yoruba1883 Mitshi1892 Benin1893 Munchi1908 Yakö1926 Tallensi1936 Tiv1939 Limba1954 Kissi1957 Loma1957 1936 Discovery June 169/1 A Talenssi tribesman of the Gold Coast. 1951 R. Firth Elements Social Organization vi. 207 In Tallensi ideology filial piety is an important moral principle. 1958 D. Emmet Function, Purpose & Powers ii. 33 In the West African Tallensi society..the important relations in terms of which behaviour is directed are kinship relations. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.adj.1920 |
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