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单词 tallensi
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Tallensin.adj.

Brit. /təˈlɛnsi/, U.S. /təˈlɛnsi/, West African English /taˈlɛnsi/
Forms: Also Talensi, Talenssi, etc.
Etymology: < a self-designation.
A. n.
1. An African people of Northern Ghana.
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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.
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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.
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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).
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n.adj.1920
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