Talk:Temne language

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The pronunciation given seems unlikely: a long [t], secondary stress, then a stressed [m], then an unstressed [nɛ]?? kwami (talk) 21:18, 10 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

The [t] is apparently apical and dental.[1] I haven't found any good narrow transcriptions of the language name online. Chris Johnson (talk) 21:47, 13 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Related languages[edit]

Some revision may be necessary to the sentences discussing related languages. My understanding is that Baga is very close, with high level of mutual intelligibility (though a Temne speaker once told me that it seemed the word order sometimes was reversed between the two). Kissi and Serbro are also Mel languages, but are they close enough to mention in this article?--A12n (talk) 14:06, 18 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Alphabet[edit]

I added the alphabet - described as "official" in the reference cited (1987). It appears from more recent publications that a couple of characters have been added or at least suggested: ȧ or å, and ʌ. Can anyone clarify?--A12n (talk) 14:58, 18 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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Variant spellings of the name of the language[edit]

For the record, there are quite a few variant spellings of the language name (in any/all languages). Among those encountered: Temen, Themine, Themne, Themnɛ (this may be the spelling in the language itself), Timene, Timini, Timne, and Timmannee, along with the Thaymneh used in one of the external links in the article. I made passing mention of these and the problem of non-standard spellings for coordinating work in/on the language in a 2014 blog post, "Ebola materials in Temne." --A12n (talk) 15:16, 12 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]